The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 28

Chapter

28

The caller said, "I'm Zachary's teacher. School's over, but nobody's picked him up. I was wondering if something happened at home?"

Before I got divorced, Jessica enthusiastically picked Zachary up from school. But just after I divorced Steven, Jessica stopped caring about Zachary!

I was shocked, but that family had nothing to do with me anymore. I wouldn't put myself through the trouble.

"I'm Willow Huxham's mother, and I'm not related to Zachary. I think you called the wrong person, ma'am," I said, chuckling

The teacher immediately said, "I'm so sorry for disturbing you.!

"It's okay," I responded, and then I hung up on the call.

elevator, my phone rang again. This time,

trouble you to pick

I

said coldly, "No. You must've forgotten, Mr. Pelham, but we're divorced. Please don't contact me if

anxiously, "I'm shopping

interested in

to tell me what you're

up either. Annalise, I beg you... Steven hurriedly said, as it he feared that I would hang up on

1. up.

his family were history to me. If there was anything worth remembering, it would probably be the unborn child. Aside from that,

to the private room that Zane told me about. But to my surprise, the lights were off. I wondered if they had not arrived. Just as I was about to call

beautiful flowers, balloons that

middle of the room was a cake surrounded by roses. Willow was carrying a large bouquet. When she saw me, she jumped off the chair

up all her strength to carry the bouquet to me, Yet, Willow smiled at me and said, I'm so

time in my life that I had ever been valued so dearly. I squatted down and solemnly received the

to have such a great daughter like