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.

reached for a tissue and handed it to her. “It’ll get better.”

you. Before you came along, 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 none could cure him. It wasn’t

least I could do. I haven’t done much, and

illness is often a very long process. It requires a

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, you wouldn’t accept anything. We really do want to repay you, it’s just that we haven’t

but she didn’t take it. They wanted to gift her

it hard for the Denton family to find a way to show their

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quite helpless about this.

times she helped Corbin were nothing out of her way, and she never thought about compensation, but then Mr. Denton

million dollars! That number scared her

thousand as a token of thanks, she might

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