Chapter 1

As the shadows lengthened within the corridors of Harborview Hospital in Janctera City, the air in a particular room carried the antiseptic tang of cleanliness.

Sean Hamilton lay in his hospital bed, weakened by the steady drip of an IV. He turned his gaze to Nadine Scott, his mother, and whispered, “Mommy, I miss Daddy.”

Fever had flushed Sean’s cheeks, and his lips were pale and cracked.

Nadine responded with a gentle smile, her fingers tenderly caressing his forehead. “Sean, darling. Daddy is busy with work right now. But Mommy is here with you, okay?”

Nadine then moistened a cotton swab in warm water and delicately dabbed at Sean’s chapped lips.

But Sean’s insistence grew stronger. He shook his head, saying, “No! I want Daddy, I miss him. Mommy, can you please call Daddy and ask him to come?”

Tears welled in his eyes as he pleaded, and Nadine felt her resolve waver. Her heart wrenched knowing that tears would follow if she refused.

Nadine and Brad Hamilton had been married for five years, and for those five years, Brad had harbored nothing but hatred for her. His animosity even extended to Sean.

Even if she called, Brad wouldn’t come, and his absence would only deepen Sean’s disappointment.

But… Nadine couldn’t bring herself to deny Sean’s plea seeing his desperate eyes. Swallowing her own bitterness, she nodded. “Mommy will try, okay?”

Knowing full well Brad wouldn’t answer, Nadine still decided to try anyway. She couldn’t bear Sean’s hopeful gaze. Even if it meant humiliation, she wanted to fulfill his wish.

Sean’s eyes brightened as he watched her eagerly. Nadine steadied herself and mustered the courage to dial the number that she had memorized deep in her heart.

Even as she dialed Brad’s number, Nadine harbored no illusions about the outcome.

persistently until it was unexpectedly

line. “Don’t you know Brad is with me now? Why are you calling him? Brad,

as she recognized Jean Sawyer, Brad’s first love. Her

Brad as repayment for her favor toward the Hamilton family.

bear the pain of hearing Jean’s voice,

eagerly waiting for Brad’s response. “What

at a loss for words. She didn’t know how she should answer Sean. Should she shatter his innocence by telling him the truth

excuse to pacify Sean. She bit her lower

feverish and weak, frowned when she didn’t answer him. “Mommy, did you not get through

he desperately wanted Brad by

of blood filled her mouth. However, she still didn’t know how to

flimsy excuse, “Sweetie, Daddy’s busy, he

I miss Daddy. It’s

quickly restrained his hand, a wave of sadness washing over her. If she had known it would come to this, she would never have married Brad, no matter how much the Hamilton family owed the Scott

cure for

saw Nadine stop him and didn’t try to remove the

at her with wide, hopeful eyes. His understanding

attempt to call Brad. She put

long as the call went unanswered, Sean would eventually give up and

thought—the call

was distant and indifferent.

Brad’s impatience grew. “Say

his voice and was completely at a loss for words. She wanted to

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