Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 840:

She paused before speaking again.

“Allan, your mom gave me so many gifts today… I still can’t believe it. And since our marriage isn’t real, I feel guilty accepting all of it.”

Allan sat down beside Rachel, his expression thoughtful and distant as he began speaking in a soft voice.

“Rachel, there’s something about my mother I’ve never shared before. I never thought it was important, and honestly, she was absent from my life for so long. But with her presence now, I realize I should open up about it.”

Rachel gave him a gentle nod, her gaze full of understanding.

“I’m listening.”

gathering

All I wanted was to feel her arms around me, but when I found her, she wasn’t alone. She was with another man, her arm wrapped around his, her face lit up with a smile I’d never seen

her again. She was pregnant, holding hands with her husband, walking casually through the park. I didn’t approach

in Allan’s voice

𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝒉𝓮𝓻𝑒:

grew older, she noticed other kids with their moms. She became so envious, longing for something she didn’t have. Eventually, she begged me—over and over—to take her to find our mom. On her birthday, she cried uncontrollably, refusing to eat, not even touching her cake. I knew our dad couldn’t make it

of that day still

her tiny fingers wrapped around the bars, pleading to see her. And then the rain started, pouring down as if the sky was mourning with us. Lizzie wouldn’t budge. We heard laughter from inside and saw our mom and her child in the gazebo. I

a brief pause,

inconsolable. Her cries still haunt