Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 357

Chapter 364

Jeannie looked at Irwin, her hazel eyes warm with a gentle smile.

"Irwin, do you know why your father doesn't want you to be around your mother?"

Irwin shook his head.

"It's because he's worried she might be a bad influence on you."

Irwin froze, startled.

"Do you remember how old I was when I first came to Southcreek Manor?"

Irwin nodded. "I remember. I was five."

Jeannie smiled softly. "Right. And do you remember how, back then, you used to have nightmares all the time?"

Irwin thought hard, vague memories surfacing. He nodded slowly.

"But I can't really remember what those nightmares were about."

night, and when I asked you what was wrong, you told me everything. At the time, I thought

up at her, his voice small. "Ms. Radcliffe,

your grandmother gave you a 'magic stone.' She asked you to hide it under Mom Bryn's bed. She said if

widened in

disappear. As Jeannie spoke, a vivid image formed in Irwin's mind him, small and nervous, slipping

a baby boy, and then the baby died. Was it... was

Jeannie said with a heavy sigh, shaking her head. "That wasn't a magic stone at all. If I'm not mistaken,

frowned in confusion.

explained gently. "It's illegal here your grandmother must

at the time, Mom Bryn was pregnant. Exposure to

in Irwin's eyes. "Was it my fault? Did I kill Mom

way. Yes, you put the stone there-but you were just a child. You had no idea what

tried to piece it together. After a moment, clarity dawned on his

was because of

grandmother is your mother's mother. She wouldn't have done something like that without

confusion clouding his face. "Why would

she was afraid that if Mom Bryn had a baby, her own child-you- would lose your place

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