Chapter 1888

Ellinor nodded, “I understand, Bertha.”

Gradually, she was coming to grips with the realization that in the voyage of life, many are ensnared in the shadows of a bygone love, mired in sorrow and consumed by regret.

Indeed, the mastery of one’s emotions was an elusive art, even for herself.

When she returned to the hospital room, Marlinie had indeed woken up.

She got out of bed and gently tucked Lea back in, who had kicked off her blanket in her sleep, and neatly tucked a few loose strands of hair behind Lea’s

ear.

Marlinie was thinking, a daughter her age should be carefree and safe by her mother’s side. But her own little girl, Pearl, was displaced because of her misguided decisions.

thoughts, she was startled by the opening of the hospital room door. Seeing Ellinor,

“Pearl, you’re here!”

she was carrying, “Baber, be

being obedient, was fearless with his mother

you up so early? Bertha

reassuring smile, “It’s okay, just had a nightmare; I’m not

didn’t press further, “Then have something to eat! Bertha bought us

because she was hungry, but the chance to have breakfast with her daughter was a rare and joyous occasion.

the room, except for Lea,

Ellinor

bring up anything about the Howard family, fearing it might dampen her mother’s appetite. But once she noticed her mother was nearly finished with her soup, she finally spoke

stiffened. She

obediently when her daughter told her to. But then, in the middle of her meal, her

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