Chapter 210 A Curse To Everyone Around You

Eric was caught off guard. Hadley had never brought up her mother around him before, at least not that he could recall.

Pausing for a moment, he asked, “Is your mother buried here?”

“Yes.”

Her gaze was locked on the distant mountain, her expression filled with melancholy.

Without a word, Eric reached out and took her hand, noting her pallor.

“Is it a special day for her, like a birthday or an anniversary?”

“No.”

Hadley shook her head, letting out a long sigh. “I just really miss her today. I felt drawn here.”

Tears welled up in her eyes as she spoke, shimmering with sadness.

Feeling her sorrow, Eric squeezed her hand tighter. “Let’s keep going.”

Navigating the challenging mountain path, Eric was cautious, supporting her at every difficult step.

“Take it slow here.”

Clinging to his arm, Hadley stepped onto stable ground and paused, looking earnestly into his eyes. Eric, confused, asked, “Have we arrived?”

“Eric.” She shook her head gently. “Please stay here. I don’t want my mother to see you.”

“What?”

What did she mean by that?

Eric almost instantly understood, but with that came a surge of uncontrollable anger!

“Hadley!” he exclaimed, releasing her hand and starting to pace.

He stopped abruptly in front of her and asked, “You don’t want her to see me?”

“No.”

Hadley shook her head, her expression open and genuine.

She seemed perplexed by his growing irritation. “Does this upset you?”

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“Should I not feel this way?” Eric asked with a bitter laugh, his complexion turning ashen. “Given the nature of our relationship, shouldn’t I be here to honor your mother?”

“Our relationship?” Hadley echoed his words, her expression void of emotion, her tone icy.

are we to each other, Eric? Are you my ex–husband, or are

“Hadley…”

“Don’t say anything.”

about me until her last moments… I can’t stand the thought

his, her eyes brimming with tears that threatened to spill, her

me better from now

found himself

had made promises, but could they hold any weight

Hadley’s distraught face, he

softly, her plea gentle. “I’ll return shortly.”

curb his

“Thank you.”

her the bouquet and watched her

yet

Once perhaps he had, but who

once her husband.

he failed to appreciate that status.

wouldn’t change

to one day reclaim

kneeling to arrange the

photograph of her in

her mother’s passing flooded

matter the passage of time, the memories always left Hadley feeling choked, and then overwhelmed

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profound grief.

she hadn’t been involved, perhaps her mother would not have met

“Mom, mom.”

the photo of her mother as tears streamed down her face. “Mom, it’s Hadley.

overwhelmed her

her mother, saying through tears, “Mom, I’m sorry.

no matter how heartfelt her apologies, they would never reach her mother’s

“Hadley?”

voice

turned her

really is

approached, holding flowers, tears tinging her

all these years, you’ve grown so much!”

over Hadley,

might appear a

and the very woman who had torn her family apart and left her in a state of dependence.

sister’s husband,

was her aim with these games? Why did she not shed a single tear during

life ended in fury,

now crying

people, she and Cade; perfectly matched in their malevolence–one

Noreen, what

years away from Srixby, I’ve been the one tending to

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