The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 638

Susan was chilling at home with Theresa.

Theresa was quietly playing with blocks on the play mat in the living room, while Susan watched her with a sort of listlessness, unable to muster any energy.

Even though her eyes were on Theresa, Susan's mind was flooded with memories of the two years spent in Wye City, raising Theresa with Sophia. She couldn't help the sour feeling in her nose and the tears that kept welling up uncontrollably in her eyes.

The discovery of a woman's body in the sea a couple of days ago had left her heart feeling like it was being weighed down with lead. She was too upset to work or carry on with life as usual. Just the thought of Sophia made her burst into tears, and she couldn't stop them no matter how hard she tried.

She thought she had moved past this, that she had come to terms with Sophia's absence, but it turned out she was just kidding herself.

It seems the certainty of death is far more despairing than not hearing any news at all.

The thought that Sophia was truly gone from this world made her tears flow even more fiercely, no matter how much she tried to hold them back.

In the past few days, she couldn't help but wonder: if she had stopped Sophia from coming back, would things have gone differently?

Their two years in Wye City had been so joyful, and Theresa was happy too.

But now...

She glanced over at Theresa, who was silently playing with her blocks. The little teddy bear Sophia had given her was still clutched tightly against her chest, like a treasured possession she couldn't bear to let go of. There was no sign of the joy and happiness that should belong to a kid of her age on her beautiful little face.

It struck Susan that it had been a long time since she'd seen Theresa smile.

Theresa was always so calm and well-behaved, just like Sophia used to be, but it was heartbreaking how mature she was.

Perhaps sensing Susan's gaze, Theresa paused her block-building and turned to look at Susan, her eyes filled with a puzzled bewilderment.

Caught off guard, Theresa saw the redness in Susan's eyes and the tears she couldn't hide.

"Godmom?" Theresa called out in a tiny, confused voice.

"What's wrong?"

the teddy bear as she shakily stood up and handed

"Godmom's okay, just got a little sand

Theresa nodded, not quite getting it

nearby, also noticed Susan's red eyes and

had seen both Brandon and Susan's reactions over the last few days and

in the sea had dragged her back to the harsh reality that Sophia was never

terrible, she could only imagine how the whole family was

she saw Susan's phone light up on the play mat before letting her know, "Susan, your

back at the sound and saw it was a call from Kent. She sniffled and composed herself before

"Where are you at?"

the phone,

to Kent's obvious joy, Susan's tone was

and bring

there to be happy about at a

In

thought of Brandon and her voice tensed, "Is it Brandon? Something's wrong with him, isn't it? But no, why would you be

and impatience. "Just do as

vel

for

heck of a trek," Susan couldn't help but frown again,

Kent was hinting at.

worries, I've sent driver

Kent said. "You and Theresa just get

Susan: "..."

just so you don't miss Jason's call. Get ready and remember to

"Oh."

still confused about the big news Kent was referring to, but she looked at Theresa and told

directly, fearing