Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 412

“What?” Sherilyn was starting to lose her patience, “What’s up, Jenna? You can’t share with me?”

“It’s not that.” Jenna shook her head. Despite her young age, she vaguely felt that her question might upset her mother, which is why she had been hesitant to ask since she got back.

Now, under her mother’s persistent gaze, she couldn’t hold it in any longer.

“Mom,-every kid has a mom and a dad, right? It’s because of a mom and a dad that there’s a Jenna, right?”

Sherilyn felt a jolt, her mind going blank for a moment.

She had never expected Jenna to be troubled by such a question!

As for Jenna’s dad, from the day she was born, Sherilyn knew it would become an issue someday.

Her father wasn’t someone born out of love between her parents…

Her father, in fact, despised her mother!

Over the years, Sherilyn had always skirted around the topic, never mentioning anything

about a father to Jenna…

But what was inevitable has finally arrived.

“Mom.” Jenna’s eyes, brimming with tears, tugged at her mom’s blouse, “Does Jenna have a dad too?”

heart clenched, but she nodded.

“Yes, of course.”

sparkled, “Mom, where is my dad? Why hasn’t he

he like Jenna?”

“No, that’s

could that be? Daddy loves Jenna very much. When you were little, your dad was there with you.”

were still

for a brief

I must have been too small! Then why doesn’t Dad come

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daughter. “Dad is very busy. His job

not busy anymore, he will come to

her daughter’s hopeful eyes, Sherilyn

Jenna then?” Mom used to call her all the

heart nearly stopped at that

because Dad’s job is very special, and he can’t just make calls

Lies came easily.

rather lie than have Jenna know what a heartless and irresponsible man

her father was!

for Gilbert, she could bear it all by

and she could live

him.