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."

then-it's normal that you don't remember everything." Jeannie's voice was patient and kind. "You would cry in the middle of the night, and when I asked you what was wrong, you told me everything. At the time, I thought

small. "Ms. Radcliffe, what did I tell

turning serious. "You told me your grandmother gave you a 'magic stone.' She asked you to hide it

pupils widened in

memories fade with time, but others, especially the ones that leave a mark, never truly disappear. As Jeannie spoke, a

was going to have a baby

stone at all.

frowned in confusion.

radiation," Jeannie explained gently. "It's illegal here your grandmother must have gotten it from abroad." Irwin's

her tone serious but calm. "Prolonged contact can cause cancer. And at the time, Mom Bryn was pregnant. Exposure

it my fault?

just a child. You had no idea

brow furrowed as he tried to piece it together. After

was because

her expression grave. "Your grandmother is your mother's mother. She wouldn't have done something

clouding his face. "Why

if Mom Bryn had a baby, her own child-you- would lose your

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