From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 167

“Shut up!” Janet snapped, her voice harsh with disdain. “That woman doesn’t deserve to be called ‘mom! She’s not fit to be a mother”

“Is it possible… my mom isn’t really dead?” Gerard turned to face Janet, a flicker of hope in his eyes.

“I told you, she’s not your mother” Janet blurted out, perhaps realizing her volume had risen too much. She softened her tone, “Gerry, the really is dead.”

“is my mom really dead?” Gerard suddenly looked up, his gaze piercing as be locked eyes with Janet

That look, it was too intense for an eighteen–year–old.

It was as if he was trying to see night through her.

Feeling guilty, Janet couldn’t hold his stare. “She’s dead,” she insisted.

What was the point of a woman like Carole still being alive?

If at peace!

Better off gone, better off

Never before had Janet wished as fervently for someone like Carole to succumb to some terminal Illness and pass away.

It was clear from the look on Gerard’s face that he was not satisfied.

voice steady. “Do you have

of woman has no right to be your mother! Only Ms. Fletcher has that

eighteen–year cycles does a woman

gave the best years of her life to Jonah; it was time Jonah settled things with her

right to be my mother!” Gerard’s tone was flat. “Grandma, anyone can become my stepmother, but

raised by Ms. Fletcher since you were a tot! How can

was usually such a

right from wrong when it truly mattered?

flirty woman as his mother

grew worse, as if she was trying to expel

walked over to pat her

aid softened Janet’s heart. Regardless of everything, this boy still cared for

she didn’t have long to live. She didn’t want to see her son

Why couldn’t

and I don’t like her daughter

not?” Janet asked,

“Just because.”

win over

should have been able to accept her easily.

was just as strong as his dislike for

just want to see my mom, just once. Is that

longed so much to see his mother.