NovelTrueChapter 557
No matter how sincerely Timothy pleaded, Jessica ignored him.
"Tim, since Henry's out of immediate danger, let's just go home."
She was ready to leave.
She couldn't stand by and watch her son go through any more pain.
With everyone in the Lawson family willing to get tested as donors, her fears had eased at worst, Henry would
just have to endure a tough recovery.
"Jess."
Timothy hurried after her, calling out, "Aren't you going to stay with him? He's so sick right now, he needs his
mother."
Jessica shot him a cool glance. "He needs his mother now that he's ill, but when he was healthy, he couldn't wait
to pushaside and choose someone else to call mom. Maybe the one he picked should be the one to take
care of him."
"He knows he was wrong. | talked to him about it."
Her lips curled in a frosty smile. "So just because he admits his mistake, I'm supposed to forgive and forget? |
carried him for nine months, raised him for seven years, never shied away from the hard parts. And after all that,
the second he decides he wants someone else as his mother, I'm supposed to just accept an apology and move
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇton? Mr. Lawson, think carefully. What does a child really understand? Where do you think his attitude comes
from?"
"When a woman marries into a family, what gives her the standing for her husband's relatives to respect her?
How can she matter to them?"
"No one wants to repeat the smistakes again and again."
"He's my flesh and blood-I worry about him more than anyone. But as long as he survives, the rest is up to you,
his father."
With that, Jessica turned and strode away.
Timothy stood rooted to the spot, unable to move.
She wasn't one to complain.
Most things she kept bottled up, never mentioning them in front of him.
He'd seen with his own eyes how his family treated her, seen his own friends" attitude toward her.
Everyone's attitude toward Jessica was a reflection of his own.
Even Henry's.
Now he finally understood why she couldn't bring herself to look back.
Whatever she finally voiced, it must have been a pain buried deep within her.
A pain she'd endured for seven years.
Seven years of silent heartbreak wasn't something he could fix in a day or two.
What was he supposed to do now?
It was a
gwhile before
could make himself walk
Henry's hospital room toothyet
Henry was still asleep.
Timothy could barely keep his eyes open.
He'd been awake all night, then spent the whole day running around.
Without Jessica, his house didn't feel like a hat all.
He couldn't focus at work, couldn't rest at home.
He sucked in a sharp breath.
He was so exhausted, but he didn't dare close his eyes.
When was little, he was
always getting sick-Jessica
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care of all of it, on her
Timothy was feeling the weight of it now, both physically and mentally.
Even for a man in good shape, it was becoming too much.
If nothing major was happening, maybe it would be easier.
But when something went wrong, it was
never both parents sharing the
more often, it was one of them shouldering it alone.
He never realized just how much Jessica had handled until now.
Just then, his phone buzzed.
He picked it up and saw Sheila's nflash on the screen.
He frowned.
For the first time, he found himself not wanting to answer her call.
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