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.

was in his mid–thirties, dressed to the nines. He seemed like a successful

and muttered,

men stand tall and don’t

Gerard said, taking the tissue from Nanson.

Suddenly, he was reminded of himself, years ago,

we grab a

looked up in

and I’m not a creep,” Nanson pointed to a nearby diner,

used to dining with

unable to refuse Nanson’s

was a

got a better look at Gerard’s

feel that this kid looked

days, he might have

Nanson couldn’t help but think of a chick–lit novel he’d read once, “The Ice

CEO, nor had he had a one–night

into

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

“Okay,” Gerard nodded.

had ever said that to him

besides pushing him to

the hospital or

arrived, Nanson got himself a drink, “Can you tell

to suppress the bitterness in his

if you don’t want to talk about it. Let’s enjoy our

the chicken drumstick in the bowl, Gerard choked, “I can’t find

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