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."

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

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

asked you to hide it under Mom Bryn's bed. She said if you did that, the baby growing in Mom

pupils widened in

that leave a mark, never truly disappear. As Jeannie spoke, a vivid image formed in Irwin's mind him, small and nervous, slipping

to panic. "But... Dad said Mom Bryn was going to have a baby

stone at all. If I'm not

frowned in confusion. "What's a radioactive

your

but calm. "Prolonged contact can cause cancer. And at the time, Mom Bryn was pregnant. Exposure to something like that is especially dangerous for a

it my fault? Did I kill

Yes, you put 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

brow furrowed as he tried to piece it

because

"Your grandmother is your mother's mother. She wouldn't

his face. "Why would Mom want

had a baby, her own child-you- would lose

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