The Heiress’ Return: Six Brothers at Her Beck and Call

Chapter 494 A Mother’s Love

Tobias instinctively took a step back. The reason he hadn’t returned home for so long was because he was afraid to face Marie.

When he was younger, he wanted to make Marie happy, so he brought back good grades. But at that time, she was already sick and emotionally unstable.

He thought Marie would hit him. He would have preferred that.

But she was like an empty shell of a doll, staring out and asking him, “Why didn’t you keep an eye on her?

Did you have to eat ice cream at that time?”

Then Marie would start crying, and there were even instances of self–harm.

The doctors said it was depression and advised them to avoid anything that could trigger her. Anything or anyone that could cause her to have an episode should be kept away. Later, her condition worsened. She started losing her hair and became very thin.

Tobias and Elliot followed the doctor’s advice and tried to avoid being around Marie as much as possible.

Then Shane brought Naomi back home. Initially, Marie reacted badly.

remembered her lying in bed, refusing her

her condition improved. She seemed to have

tell them it was a coping mechanism. Since she

her. Tobias was just a teenager at the time,

improved a lot. She never mentioned anything

again.

when Tobias thought she was completely healed, one night, he saw Marie wandering around

for Wynter.

saw him and softly called out, “Toby, I haven’t seen you in a long time. I missed

complex because he couldn’t distinguish which one was his impression of

his mother.

Wynter was first kidnapped, he ran around with scraped

sobbing.

firmly told him, “Tobias, remember, this is not your fault.

that time, she was like a superhero. Even if there was the slightest news about Wynter, she

Even until now,

there and poured out all these thoughts before smiling wryly. “I

words, her eyes deepening. “Tobias, Mom was really sick at the time, but it