Chapter 1

As soon as she closed the car door, the world's noise vanished.

Jessica Greene stared at the liver cancer diagnosis in her lap, her hazel eyes rimmed red. The paper trembled in her hands, crumpling beneath her grip.

The doctor had told her she'd missed the window for surgery-six months left, at best.

Today was the school's annual parent-child event. Out of the blue, Timothy

Lawson had told her she should come.

Seven years had passed since the day Timothy, once the untouchable darling of high society, became her husband.

In all those years, he'd never once brought her to a public event.

Once upon a time, that invitation would have sent her over the moon.

Even the housekeeper had beamed when she heard the news. "Mrs. Lawson, looks like Mr. Lawson finally wants to make things official!"

No one knew that ever since Jessica discovered his secret, she'd been quietly getting her affairs in order, preparing to leave him.

She hadn't planned to go to the school event at all.

But she couldn't bear the thought of disappointing her son.

She could shut Timothy out of her heart, but she couldn't do the same to Henry- the little boy she'd carried for nine long months.

Arriving at the school, Jessica took a notepad from her purse and wrote a neat line before handing it to the security guard.

Hello, I'm Henry Lawson's mom from Class 1-3. I'm here for the parent-child event -could you please let me in?

carefully: a soft, crinkled blouse, hair loosely swept

begin with; with a bit of effort, she looked

knew how kids were. They always wanted their mom to look her best for

security guard arched an eyebrow. "Can't

simply smiled

trauma, she'd lost

out the sign-in sheet, scanning it before giving Jessica a

over.

he thought.

in. You can't

and quickly wrote, Henry is my son. There's no reason for me to

toward her and jabbed a finger at

read the names in the parent signature

used to the sneers and sideways glances that came

today, her chest

wasn't the guard's

the name scrawled in Timothy's unmistakable hand-Sheila

even trying to

slip of paper tucked beneath

over.

had told her everything

Sheila's last name

their son was born, Timothy had insisted on the

Jessica's decision to

Henry, she'd

Timothy's name, their politeness turned chilly. They'd usher

almost didn't matter anymore. In six months, she'd be

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