Book7–Chapter 1
After pretending to have amnesia, I deliberately teased my husband and son, asking them, “Who are you?”
The husband remained silent for a moment and said to me, “My son and I came to visit my wife, but
we entered the wrong ward.”
After listening, the son immediately pulled my husband and walked towards the next ward, saying, “Goodbye, lady. My dad and I are going to see mom.”
And in the next ward, was the beloved of my husband.
After falling down from upstairs, I was taken to the hospital.
As I looked at my husband Geovanni Duncan and son Warren Duncan holding a fruit basket at the entrance of the hospital room, I suddenly remembered Warren complaining about my words, “Mom, why are you so serious every day? It’s really boring.”
I thought about my fall again, which happened because my son mischievously scattered a handful of glass beads at the staircase entrance. So, I intentionally wore a puzzled expression and asked, “Who are you guys?”
I thought I would see panic and worry on the faces of the father and son, but the result was
completely unexpected.
Geovanni remained silent for a moment and then said to me, “My son and I came to visit my wife.
I’m sorry. We went to the wrong ward.”
I looked at Warren again. He was young, and no matter how hard he tried to restrain himself, I could still see a trace of excitement on his face.
I was stunned.
Warren pulled Geovanni’s sleeve, motioning for him to bend down, and whispered softly in
Geovanni’s ear.
His voice was very low, but I had learned lip reading, and I could “see” Warren saying to Geovanni, “Dad, since mom has lost her memory, can’t you deceive her into signing the divorce agreement and then marry Marilyn… I really like Marilyn and want her to be my new mom.”
My heart instantly plunged into the icy abyss, making me shiver with cold.
I didn’t expect that the child I carried for ten months and desperately gave birth to at the gate of life nd death would actually instigate his father and mother to divorce. I knew his personality, he was
not joking, and everything Warren said was serious!
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Without waiting for Geovanni to speak, Warren couldn’t wait any longer and pulled Geovanni towards the next ward. “Goodbye, lady. Dad and I are going to see Mom.”
I endured the piercing pain and quietly came to the door of the next ward. Through the crack, I watched everything happening inside.
Warren was seen holding the hand of the woman on the sickbed, while Geovanni embraced them, both of their identical faces filled with compassion for her.
When I saw the woman’s face, I froze as if struck by lightning on a sunny day.
This woman was Geovanni’s beloved, Marilyn McCullough.
I watched as Geovanni and his son danced around, coaxing Marilyn to be happy, coaxing Marilyn to take her medicine. That cheap–looking appearance, no one could have imagined that this was Mr. Duncan, who dominated the business world, and the genius young Warren.
Warren said to Marilyn, “Marilyn, you don’t know, my mom was lying in bed like a pile of meat, it’s disgusting to look at! Marilyn, when can you be my mom so that you can attend parent–teacher meetings instead of my mom…”
Warren’s mouth was chattering like honey, but my heart was being cut like a knife, causing it to bleed profusely.
I really didn’t expect that the two people I cherished would despise me like this.
I didn’t want to see their warm scene of the family of three anymore. Numbly, I returned to the ward. The nurse saw me and walked over with a concerned look, supporting me. “Just rest well after waking up. The doctor said you have a slight concussion…”
She skillfully applied medicine to me while saying, “I really don’t know what to say about the family of three in the next ward. The woman had a cut on her finger, and the father and son were acting like they were at war, almost wanting to overturn the hospital, as if that cut on the finger would cause problems for the child in the woman’s belly…”
Listening to the nurse’s words, a wave of shock and fear surged through my heart.
The nurse applied medicine to me and asked me with concern, “Where are your family members? Your condition is quite serious, you still need someone to take care of you.”
I tugged at the corners of my mouth and weakly said, “I had no family, my husband and son are
both dead.”
- Chapte
