The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Chapter 226

After dinner, Willow's stomach was bloated. I took her for a walk in the yard to help her digest.

Willow tightly held my hand and said, "Mommy, I feel so happy."

"Why?" I asked.

She rubbed her tummy and continued, "I have you, and you love me so much. You'll make me delicious dinners with love, then you'll take me for a walk."

Walking through the yard and feeling the cool breeze blowing toward her, Willow felt a deep sense of contentment.

I smiled and agreed, "That does sound nice."

Feeling left out, Zane calmly reminded Willow, "What about me?"

quickly, "Oh,

to be alone, Harry

wouldn't like the food at school, so every morning, she would wake up and make me something delicious. "She's an

by pretending everything was fine.

"But won't you get tired of following

I can tell myself that she didn't abandon me and that she's always here. But if I stop following her, then I'd really have no mom." Harry

...

washed his hands, he sat

She

his friends' words and thought that the person he

was the case, then Steven's money would be hers

"Daddy."

whispered, "I didn't eat enough earlier.

answered seriously, "Fried eggs and