From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 258

“Whip up a couple of veggie sides and grill a salmon, Mom replied.

“Salmon again? I’m not having it”

“Well, if you don’t want it, cook for yourself. Eating salmon in not just about growing taller, it helps make your brain smarter too. Look at you, as clueless as a donkey”

Their silhouettes receded into the distance.

Tears began to well up in Gerard’s eyes.

“Mom” He suddenly shouted towards the crowd.

“Mom”

No one responded to his call.

“Mom, where the heck are you?” Gerard, clutching his head, squatted on the ground and sobbed.

He never dared to cry back in the Capital City

He was afraid of what the people around and Janet might worry about.

Only in this unfamiliar place did he dare to let himself go..

Passersby glanced over with puzzled looks.

“Hey kid, you alright?” A male voice sounded, and a hand patted his shoulder.

Gerard looked up to see a handsome face.

to the nines. He

cleaned his tears and muttered,

man up. Real men stand tall and don’t cry at the drop of a hat. Here, wipe your

Gerard said, taking

cleaning his tears. Suddenly, he was reminded of himself, years ago,

we grab a drink?” Nanson suggested.

looked up

there. Don’t worry, and I’m not a creep,”

to dining with

he found himself unable to

a strange feeling.

got a better look at

did he feel that this kid

been so disciplined in his younger days, he might have wondered

of a chick–lit novel

bad he wasnt some domineering CEO, nor had he had a one–night

Nanson into

a bottle of vodka for himself and juice for Gerard, “You’re a kid, in the middle

“Okay,” Gerard nodded.

one had ever said that

to accept Edna, she

at the hospital or in the office.

got himself a drink, “Can you

sip of juice, trying to suppress the bitterness in

talk about it. Let’s enjoy our food”

at the chicken drumstick in the bowl,

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