Chapter 91

“Mum?”

The woman in front of her was Rita Blade, Karen’s mother, Thalassa called her “Mum” because that was what the woman had asked her to call her on the first day they met.

She still remembered that day perfectly. After the death of her mother when she was just a child, she had been sent from one foster care home to another, always being rejected for one reason or another, as if she wasn’t good enough.

When she became a teenager, through hard work and determination, she managed to earn a scholarship to an elite high school–the same high school Karen attended.

Almost all the students rejected, mocked, and bullied her for being a scholarship student. Those who didn’t bully her didn’t even bother to notice her.

One day, while she was being bullied, Karen came to her rescue and defended her from her tormentors, and that’s how they became friends.

Since then, they had been inseparable because Karen was always there for her–supporting her financially when she needed it and defending her from the bullies.

When Karen told her that she wanted her to meet her parents, Thalassa had been incredibly nervous, fearing she would be looked down upon and rejected again. But Rita Blade had been the complete opposite.

“Mrs. Blade, I’m so glad to meet you,” she remembered saying.

The woman had instantly shaken her head, and with a look of pure love and affection in her eyes, she had said, ” No. Don’t call me that again, dear. Call me Mum. Karen considers you the sister she never had, so you’re like a daughter to me.”

True to her promise, she treated Thalassa as nothing short of her own daughter from then on. Thalassa would spend her vacations at the Blade house, where she had her own room. It was a true taste of family.

Rita Blade said, her eyes bright with unshed tears before she rushed forward and engulfed Thalassa in a tight hug. “Oh dear, oh dear,

a word. They must have hugged for a full minute before Rita finally pulled away and took

you! You’re glowing! I’m so happy to see you well and happy,” Rita gushed. “It really

as she was happy to see the woman, she couldn’t help the bitterness that

see me after I

and acceptance showing as

then on Luisa and Millie, who had just stepped out of Thalassa’s office. “…can

word. Luisa and Millie stepped aside, and she and Rita went into the office, closing the

were alone, neither of them made a move to sit down. Thalassa remained silent, waiting for Rita

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must be so disappointed in me for never having come to see you, and

frowned. “What do you mean?”

were guilty and that I should wait for the media attention to die down before visiting you because it could cause a scandal otherwise. And I listened. When I finally got tired of waiting after some days and wanted to

her nose with her handkerchief. “I shouldn’t have listened. I

were also convinced that I was guilty,” Thalassa noted.

little teenager I watched grow up, who was too honest to even take a cookie

thoughts weren’t enough. I should have stood by you. It pains me so much to think that you went

that made her eyes burn with moisture. “I don’t hold any grudges against you, Mum. I forgive you.”

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