Chapter 1109

The truth was right there, staring them both in the face. There was no need to answer.

"What gives you the right?"

Sherilyn's voice cut through the tension like a knife, her anger boiling over.

She demanded, "What gives you the right to think that? To make decisions for me? To just wipe everything clean on my behalf? Huh..."

Her heart twisted painfully.

"Do you even know what those four years were like for me?"

Sherilyn locked eyes with Gilbert, her gaze unwavering. "You used to ask, didn't

you? You were so eager to know. Well, now I'm going to tell you!"

Her emotions were a storm inside her, blood rushing through her veins.

Her lips trembled as she spoke, each word clear and deliberate.

"I couldn't afford the rent, so I had to move from our apartment to a rundown neighborhood!"

"But I still needed to eat! I couldn't starve! Even if I could, Jenna couldn't!"

Tears streamed down her face...

Sherilyn stared at him, her silent sobs speaking volumes.

A rundown neighborhood.

Hearing those words, Gilbert felt his heart sink like a stone.

suspected it, of course. Without financial support,

it was a pain he hadn't

you want to hear

bitter smile on her face, her voice

don't want to

she turned to

from the corners. He

me, Sherilyn, tell

good would it

gaze. "Tell you?

Wasn't the answer obvious?

"No!"

answered her own question, her brow furrowed in frustration. "Then why should I bother

breath, the weight in her

know why, after

talking to you

Because I knew, deep down, you'd

Her jaw clenched.

"Just like now!"

Gilbert shook his head, his

"It's not?"

bitterly,

you've

So many times,

about all the

to hear it before because

you do,

"Yes!"

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