Regretting the Wife He Threw Away

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."

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 it wasn't my place to say much-after all,

up at her, his voice small. "Ms. Radcliffe, what did I tell you

"You told me your grandmother gave you a 'magic stone.' She asked you to hide it under Mom Bryn's bed. She said if you did that, the baby

pupils widened in

others, especially the ones that leave a mark, never truly disappear. As Jeannie spoke, a vivid image formed in

panic. "But... Dad said Mom Bryn was going to have a baby boy, and then the baby

magic stone at all. If I'm not mistaken, it was something much

frowned in confusion. "What's

your grandmother must have gotten it from abroad." Irwin's face went pale. "Radiation... does that

And at the time, Mom

it my fault? Did I kill

the stone there-but you were just a child. You had no idea what it was. Your grandmother used you to hurt Mom Bryn. But think about it why

to piece it together. After

because of

your mother's mother. She wouldn't have done something like

hesitated, confusion clouding his face. "Why would Mom want to

that if Mom Bryn had a baby, her own child-you- would lose your place in the