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.”

hesitated, gathering

aching with how much I missed her. 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 them. I just stood there, watching them from a distance. I knew she had moved on and Lizzie and I

sadness in

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she begged me—over and over—to take her to find our mom. On her birthday, she cried uncontrollably, refusing to eat,

the weight of that day still heavy in his

The gatekeeper wouldn’t let us in. Lizzie clung to the gate, her tiny fingers wrapped around the bars, pleading to see her. And then the rain started, pouring down

brief

cries still haunt me. Through her tears, I can still hear her saying, ‘Is she really my mom? Having a mom must be so nice. I want a mom, too,