A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 35

Matilda jerked awake from a nightmare in the middle of the night, her breath ragged and her heart racing.

Logan, ever the thoughtful son, fetched her some medicine with the same care and concern that belied his young age. He might not have understood the complex words on the pill bottle, but he knew these were the magic beans that would soothe his mom’s troubled mind.

Her hands trembling, Matilda took the pill from him.

Logan, attuned to her needs, hopped out of bed to pour her a glass of water.

With the pill swallowed down with the tepid water, she caressed Logan’s head, her touch gentle. and loving.

The little guy seemed to bask i

the reliance his mother placed on him, cuddling up to her. “Momma, don’t be scared. I’m here, and so is Uncle.”

The hand resting atop his head quivered, and Matilda’s eyes glistened with unshed tears. “Logan, I’ll always be here for you, too.”

gaze brought back a flood of memories for Matilda. She remembered the first time she met Yvan, the rebellious heartthrob on campus, wearing his school uniform like a badge of defiance, loose and carefree. The

thoughts, the complexities of

in the reflection of those memories in

asked in a soft voice, “did Daddy… did something happen again between you

hated that Logan, at his tender age, was burdened with such adult

“Your daddy wants

seem surprised by her answer, giving her a comforting smile. “I guess

heart was heavy. “Yeah… Your dad offered us

transfer had come through that afternoon.

million, not a cent

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she stared at the screen, tears spilling down her cheeks.

her shattered life, and her precious son–all of it was reduced to an insult by Yvan with five