A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 10

Gideon’s call came as a lightning bolt from the blue, his voice tense as he explained he hadn’t picked up Logan from preschool. The principal had seen someone take him – and it was undoubtedly Yvan.

Matilda rolled out of bed in a panic, her movements erratic as she yanked open the drawer and shoved the pills, long neglected, down her throat. She gagged, forcing the bitter tablets down her dry throat, then wiped away the tears that had stained her cheeks and stood up with a new

resolve.

Her eyes, tinged with red from crying, blazed with unmistakable hatred. Her hands trembled as she clutched the fabric over her heart.

“It’s okay. Don’t be scared. Yvan, you’ve taken everything from me, and now I’ll fight you with everything I’ve got!” She told herself.

Logan had been whisked away by Yvan at three o’clock, taken directly to the grand Boyd

estate.

Violet, Yvan’s mother, was taken aback the moment she laid eyes on Logan.

The old woman murmured through her tears. “Are you… are you a Boyd?”

Logan remained silent.

Violet’s sadness seemed genuine, but he had no desire to engage.

“Who are your parents?”

is of no consequence to you.” Logan’s smile held a precocious edge. “Who

parked his car, overheard Logan and kicked the door in frustration. “What’s that

simply, “Exactly

‘the Boyds, and didn’t dare to embrace him. She just watched him, asking,

smile was saccharine. “Well, she’s been dining courtesy of the government, so

upon hearing this, flew into a rage, grabbing Logan and lifting him. “Where did you learn

Matilda teach you to talk like that,

mom’s been to jail, that she’s a murderer.

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Chapter 10

a pang in his chest and set Louan down roughly, his words seething through clenched teeth. “Did you learn from your

want to use me to threaten my mother, but

air, an admission that their loathing had seeped into their very bones,

Yvan was around. Matilda was a nervous wreck, desperate to flee. That’s why she moved from

he was so infuriated,

begging, “Yvan, please stop breaking

snorted and stormed upstairs.

on the couch, his

both angry, mirrored each other perfectly.

next to Logan, her voice filled with concern, “Did that

his

reddened eyes betrayed