Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

Chapter 105

Jessamine’s eyes grew redder as she spoke, “Seriously, only when you have a kid like that at home. can you understand how tough it is to be a parent. I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in two years, nor have I had a peaceful meal… During the first couple of years after Corbin was born, I didn’t dare to watch my diet too much because I was breastfeeding. It eventually led to binge eating, and at my heaviest, I nearly tipped the scales at 400 pounds. But ever since the incident with him, I’ve dropped down to 180 pounds in just two months… It’s just so hard… so incredibly hard…”

Elysia listened quietly until Jessamine finished, then she spoke, “I know, these years must have been so hard for you.”

Empathy is just a word; those who haven’t experienced it themselves can hardly fully understand someone else’s feelings.

But as a mother herself, she could understand Jessamine’s pain.

Her triplets were five this year, and they’d been sick many times over those five years. Every time any of them caught a fever or a cold, she was terrified, sleepless, never daring to leave her child’s side even for a moment.

And Corbin’s situation, with the potential for self–harm or worse… The struggles of Mrs. Denton over these years were unimaginable.

Jessamine sniffed and managed a smile. “You wouldn’t believe it but the other day after you talked to him, he suddenly called me ‘Mommy… I was so close to breaking down in tears. Then he said he wanted my homemade spaghetti, and I… I…”

Overwhelmed, Jessamine couldn’t help but cry.

and handed

both his father and I had lost hope. We’re not short of money in our family, and we’ve sought out renowned doctors everywhere, but

kind. It was the least I could do. I haven’t done much,

very long process. It requires a long period of

you is more valuable than heaven and earth to us.” Jessamine continued, “The first time we met by chance, you had left before we could express our gratitude. The second time we tried to offer you something,

it. They wanted to gift

for the Denton family to

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was also quite helpless about this.

she never thought about compensation,

dollars! That number scared her to

thanks, she might have accepted, given her financial situation

ey were u