Chapter 450 Mom’s Guilt Hits Harder

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Ruby thought bitterly. It’s my fault. I was blind–blind enough to treat the one who switched my baby all those years ago as a savion keeping her by my side for more than twenty years. It’s my fault I fell into depression, making everyone worry about me, my fault I missed the signs that my real daughter was still alive. I’ll never be able to make it up to Natalie in this lifetime.

She didn’t dare cry aloud, afraid Waylon or Flynn might hear–but her heart hurt so much she could barely breathe.

Natalie was the daughter she had carried for ten long, months; the baby she had once wanted to cradle in her palms and give the whole world to. Yet she had let that same daughter suffer for more than twenty years–years that had been worse than death.

The mental torment inflicted by the Summers family had been far crueler than any physical pain.

The fact that Natalie hadn’t fallen into depression or developed psychological issues was proof of her strength.

And what about me? Ruby thought. What kind of mother am 1–crumbling at the smallest setback?

When Rachel’s true identity had come to light, Ruby’s spirit had collapsed all over again.

If it hadn’t been for the antidepressants she kept nearby, she didn’t know what state she’d be in

now,

she had actually felt a flicker of resentment toward them. Now that she


her own face over and over–like a madwoman punishing herself–because

anyone see her

a while, completely drained,

filled her

laughed; the laugh

fainted, her hand

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felt like a double–edged blade, cutting so deep it left her bleeding inside

words slipped from Ruby’s lips as she lost consciousness, tears sliding silently

hair.

Natalie came out of the bathroom, she

down just moments ago–a

of her endearing; for the first time, she truly felt like their

some fruit. See which one you

tray in

the simple gesture of

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