Too Much to Bear My Love

Chapter 609 The Ugly Truth

After wandering the streets near the hospital for a while, Eleanor saw Melanie coming out of the hospital.

With a cunning glint in her eyes, she quickly ran up to Melanie and called out to her politely, “Mrs. Winters!”

Melanie stared at her cautiously as she responded in kind, “Oh, hello, Mrs. Hutton! What are you still doing here?”

“May I treat you to a meal, Mrs. Winters? Lia and I have been separated for over twenty years, so I don’t really know much about her. Would you mind telling me about her over lunch?” Eleanor then put on her most sincere expression as she continued with reddened eyes, “I know I was a little rude in the ward earlier, but I was just worried about my daughter being mistreated by her adoptive family. You’re a mother too, so I’m sure you can understand where I’m coming from here. Will you give me a chance to make it up to you?”

For some reason, Melanie found herself moved by Eleanor’s statement and nodded in response.

Eleanor then brought her over to a relatively fancy café and ordered a huge amount of food. “Here, feel free to order anything you like!” she said while handing Melanie the menu.

“The food you’ve ordered is enough for the two of us. Wouldn’t want to end up wasting food by ordering more than we can finish.”

“All right, then.” Eleanor handed the order chit over to the waiter and said softly, “Please serve up the food as soon as possible.”

Melanie tugged nervously at her sleeves after the waiter had left. Eleanor’s grandeur gave her a lot of pressure and made her feel self-conscious about her own appearance. On top of that, she was also feeling a little guilty about her inappropriate behavior in the ward earlier.

“Relax, Mrs. Winters. I’m really grateful to you for being Lia’s adoptive mother, so let us just have a casual conversation about her childhood,” Eleanor said in a gentle yet authoritative voice.

Noticing a hint of awkwardness and guilt in Melanie’s eyes, she continued,

“Could you tell me how Lia made it into your household? I spent a really long time searching for her, but couldn’t find any information on her whatsoever. I got so worried that I kept dreaming about her all the time. In my dreams, she was starving as she wandered the streets all by herself in tattered clothes, completely exposed to the harsh weather. The anxiety got so bad that I ended up in a psychiatric hospital a few times. Thanks to a psychiatrist’s continuous guidance, I was somewhat able to keep my emotions in check…” Eleanor started sobbing uncontrollably as she went on.

It wasn’t until Melanie’s arms began to twitch slightly that Eleanor realized she had lost her composure.

“My apologies, I didn’t mean to get so emotional. Being a mother yourself, I’m sure you can understand how I feel!” she said with a forced smile.

Melanie simply shook her head in response.

may have heard unpleasant rumors about how you two treated her, but now,

did for her. Not only did Melanie not care about Amelia, but she was also extremely cold toward her. In fact, it wouldn’t

well. I can’t imagine how life would’ve been for Lia

the one who handed her over to us?” Melanie asked in

upon

did you just

told that we only needed to provide her with the basic necessities, so we didn’t really care that much about her. Our relationship with Amelia has been rather distant the

don’t know why you two decided to send her over back then, but why are you acting like you don’t know anything about it? Why not just admit that you

all over when the waiter served up their food and

your

Eleanor felt the cold sensation of it seep through her skin and spread through

on her neck bulged, and her lips smacked against each other as she tried to calm herself down by

all right, Mrs. Hutton?” Melanie asked worriedly when she noticed her unusual

someone bring Lia over to you?” Eleanor asked in a shaky

already know that,

as the ugly truth crushed whatever resolve she

your meal. I need to get going now,” Eleanor said as she ran out of the

Melanie’s face as she mumbled to herself, “Sorry about that, Mrs. Hutton. My husband may be a kind-hearted and honest man, but I will do everything I can to protect my son. Your husband

was oblivious to her schemes as she had already

phone and tried to call Amelia Hutton, but her hands were trembling so much that she missed the button thrice in a

hand with the other, but it was of

you doing this to me?” she cried out helplessly in

looks, and a few of them even stepped forward

her head and carried on walking as she continued trying to call Amelia

she asked the

her

see him right away!” Eleanor said and hung up the phone