Chapter 369 Too Late for Redemption
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She had a new mother now. And based on everything that happened yesterday, it was clear–this new mother gave her more than enough love. Lauren would never lack a mother’s love again.
As for her biological mother–Alice–she was no longer needed.
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Alice couldn’t accept i
She hadn’t atoned for anything yet. She hadn’t begun to repay the debt she owed Lauren from their past life.
Why had Lauren already given up on her?
Alice reached toward her, sobbing, “I’m your real mother. Lauren, sweetheart, come to me.
Lauren sneered inwardly. Now you remember you’re my birth mother?
Too late
She looked up from Madam Shirley’s arms and asked, with innocent eyes and a voice filled with feigned confusion, “If you’re really my mom, then why did you abandon me at an orphanage when I was born? Was it because you hated me?”
One sentence. And it hit Alice like a thousand knives.
“No, no! Lauren, please let me explain!”
But Madam Shirley spoke first, her tone ice–cold. “There’s nothing to explain. Any mother who abandons her own child in an orphanage doesn’t deserve to be called a mother. And judging by how arrogant and selfish your other children turned out, it’s clear you failed as a parent. All of you crashed my daughter’s birthday party and nearly ruined what the Mavis family worked so hard to prepare for her. We’ll settle that score after the party is over.”
With that, she turned and walked away with Lauren still safely in her arms.
Alice watched their backs retreating, her screams desperate and guttural. “Give me back my daughter!”
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turned around. No one listened.
She tried to chase after them, but her body shook so violently she couldn’t move. Her legs simply wouldn’t work.
Tears streamed down her face. It felt like her soul was being torn in half.
“Lauren it’s my fault. In my last life, I was blind, I was stupid. I coddled Willow and ruined you. I caused your disability.But now that I’ve been given a second chance. I swear, I’ll protect you. I’ll never let anyone hurt you again. I know I was wrong, I
it more than you could imagine. If only I had remembered sooner–none of that would’ve happened at the clothing
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Just the thought of how she’d protected Willow back then–how she’d nearly hit a five–year–old Lauren over nothing–made her want to claw her own face off
Her eyes slowly turned toward Willow, still lying on the floor, unconscious.
It was all this little brut’s fault.
In their past life, Willow had known all along that she wasn’t David’s daughter. She was Sharon and George’s child. And yet. she had led–deceiving the entire Bennett family.
And for what! For a stranger’s child, they had destroyed their own blood.
Now that she was back in this life, there was no way she’d let Willow off easy.
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At five years old, children’s hands are soft and tender. Under the pressure of a high heel, Willow’s flesh and bone began to distort.
The pain woke Willow instantly.
She opened her eyes just in time to see a foot crushing her hand. She looked up and met Alice’s eyes–burning with hatred. as if she wanted to rip her apart.
Willow sobbed uncontrollably, snot and tears streaming down her face.
“Mommy! It hurts! Please, get your foot off me!”
She had no idea why the mother who’d always adored her–treated her like a precious gem–was suddenly stepping on her and glaring at her like she was trash.
She couldn’t make sense of it. But the pain in her hand drowned out everything else.
Alice didn’t lift her foot
In fact, she pressed down even harder.
Crack
The bones in Willow’s hand shattered
“Ahhhh!” Willow shrieked, then passed out from the pain.
Just then, Elliot regained consciousness.
He blinked in confusion, only to see Willow lying there, bleeding–her hand twisted unnaturally beneath their mother’s shoe.
His eyes widened in disbelief.
He rushed over and tried to push Alice’s leg away. “Mom! What are you doing?! Let go! You’re hurting her!”
Alice looked down at her son, and her heart clenched painfully.
In their past life, it hadn’t just been her who had hurt Lauren–Elliot had played a part too. A big one.
She hated herself. She hated Elliot. And she hated David even more.
When she saw Elliot defending Willow, just like he had so many times before, a spark of rage shot through her.
She kicked him hard.
Elliot flew backward and landed with a thud, gasping as the air was knocked from his lungs.
It took him several long seconds just to catch his breath
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