Scars Of A Broken Bond by Calv Momose

Chapter: 28

“Try this, Grandpa, I made it myself. It’s your favorite dish,” Sabrina immediately interjected.

Wanda echoed, “Just look at Sabrina. She treats you so well.”

“Sabrina, you are such a sweet child, unlike some heartless people who always rile me up,” responded Cesar, taking a morsel and offering a nod of approval. “At this rate, I might perish from sheer frustration.”

Tyrone, the subject of the veiled insult, remained tongue-tied.

“Please, Grandpa, don’t say such things. I wish you a long and healthy life.”

Sabrina’s parents had parted ways when she was a mere toddler. Her mother had, quite frankly, forsaken her, leaving her in her father’s care, never making any effort to see her in the ensuing years.

father, perpetually buried in work, initially left her under her grandparents’ care in the countryside. A few years down the

she turned sixteen, her father passed

Tyrone’s grandparents took her in, provided warmth and offered her

family members consecutively was an anguish she had no desire

for Cesar’s good health and

from Tyrone, the rest of the group relished the meal in a cheerful

to make Cesar and Wanda’s mealtime enjoyable. They radiated a familial warmth, smiling like

remarked, “Ever since Sabrina arrived, Mr. Blakely

in

her quick grasp made her a formidable opponent. Cesar played with sincerity, taking her seriously as

way! This is

protest, Sabrina was smiling at

yet, so technically I’m not breaking any rules.” Cesar promptly shifted his chess piece to a different