Chapter 146

Tiffany waved a hand. "I don't want it. Thanks."

She felt like vomiting again before even finishing the sentence. All she could think of was how the boy had thrown the wriggling caterpillar into his mouth.

She shut her eyes and asked, "Whose kid was that?"

"Carrie Simpson, one of our maids." William paused. "Why do you ask?"

Tiffany suppressed the urge to heave. "He looks like he's only seven or eight. Why was he..."

"Carrie took too much medication when she was pregnant, so it affected the baby's growth. He's been like this since birth-he's not too intelligent and is even a little... retarded," William said. When he noticed how pale she looked, he held her steady. "Are you okay, Tiff? Why did you become paler?"

She shook her head and continued asking, "Didn't Carrie do any tests back then? Didn't she do an anomaly scan to see whether everything was okay?"

"According to her, the tests didn't show anything. Sometimes, these tests and scans aren't 100% accurate. There've been many cases of misdiagnoses."

lip. She didn't know how to

child into the world if one already knew how it would turn out. Still, fate was unpredictable. Carrie hadn't had a choice, and

she could see

some water." William appeared beside

She accepted the

boy to an orphanage, but the situation there

ultimately couldn't

worked for us

We're all used to it by now. Don't be too bothered by him. He's

moved Tiffany. She couldn't help softening her tone. "Mrs.

looked at her.

his gaze. "We can't go back to how we used

turned her to face him. "I made a huge mistake, Tiff. And it's precisely because of that that I know how important you are to

chance, please?"

through too much in the early days

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