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.

in his mid–thirties, dressed to the nines. He

and

up. Real men stand tall and don’t cry at the

said, taking

he was reminded of

about we grab

looked up in

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

to dining with strangers.

he found himself unable to refuse

a strange

got a better look at

did he feel that this kid

his younger days, he might have wondered if Gerard was his

but think of a chick–lit novel he’d read

domineering CEO, nor

into

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

“Okay,” Gerard nodded.

ever said that to

him to accept Edna, she didn’t

at the hospital

arrived, Nanson got himself a drink, “Can you

sip of juice, trying to suppress the bitterness in his heart, “…” He couldn’t finish

okay if you don’t want to talk about it. Let’s enjoy our food” Nanson gave Gerard a

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

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