What if, when her memory returned, she hurt Roderick and\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kevin again because of Edward?\u00a0<\/p>\n
As her thoughts grew more chaotic, she stumbled and fell hard\u00a0<\/p>\n
onto the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMommy!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kevin cried out as he dashed inside, his face drained of color.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sitting on the floor in confusion, Madeleine looked up. \u201cBaby,\u00a0<\/p>\n
what are you doing here?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
After coming home from work, she had played with her son for\u00a0<\/p>\n
a while and shared a small meal. When he had gone off quietly\u00a0<\/p>\n
to draw, she slipped into the dance room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kevin crouched down and blew gently on her foot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMommy, does it hurt?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNope. I\u2019m fine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Warmth spread through her chest, all her earlier frustration and\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 53\u00a0<\/p>\n
unease melting away in his presence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In truth, Kevin had been watching the doorway for a long time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This was his first time seeing his mother dance, and he had\u00a0<\/p>\n
been so stunned that even his jaw dropped.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she fell, he couldn\u2019t hold back and cried out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMommy, you dance so well, just like a fairy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His eyes sparkled as he looked at her with absolute\u00a0<\/p>\n
seriousness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine laughed aloud. \u201cReally? Thank you, sweetheart.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut Mommy\u2026 you don\u2019t look very happy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His perception startled her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy? I\u2019m happy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLiar.\u201d Kevin shook his head. \u201cYour eyes don\u2019t have sparkles in\u00a0<\/p>\n
them anymore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her baby boy was observant. Madeleine couldn\u2019t help but\u00a0<\/p>\n
marvel at it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She stroked his head, falling silent for a long time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 53\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBaby.\u201d She gathered her courage and suddenly asked, \u201cIf one\u00a0<\/p>\n
day I had to leave you, what would you do?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
At once, Kevin\u2019s pupils trembled violently, his face crumpling as\u00a0<\/p>\n
if it were the end of the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine felt a pang in her heart when she saw the sorrow on\u00a0<\/p>\n
her son\u2019s face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
For a four\u2013year\u2013old, the question was far too cruel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she had to prepare him for it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She still remembered Roderick\u2019s words from before. If the\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cwoman\u201d that once possessed her body were to return, Kevin\u00a0<\/p>\n
would never be able to accept it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If that day came, she would rather Roderick drive that woman\u00a0<\/p>\n
out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leaving this home would be the best choice for both him and\u00a0<\/p>\n
their child.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMommy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kevin reached out to hug her, his voice choked with tears, as\u00a0<\/p>\n
though he was struggling to hold back his emotions.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 53\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want you to leave.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He couldn\u2019t understand. His mother had finally become so kind\u00a0<\/p>\n
and warm. Why would she want to leave again?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Had he done something wrong to upset her?\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she looked as though she did love him\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSweetheart.\u201d She softened her voice, as gentle as when she\u00a0<\/p>\n
lulled him to sleep. \u201cI was only saying that it could happen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Like\u2026 like when the weather forecast says it might rain\u00a0<\/p>\n
tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kevin blinked his watery eyes, tiny teardrops clinging to his\u00a0<\/p>\n
lashes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I don\u2019t like rain.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine couldn\u2019t help laughing, though her nose stung. \u201cI\u00a0<\/p>\n
don\u2019t like it either. But sunshine and rain follow the laws of\u00a0<\/p>\n
nature, just like birth, aging, and death. We all have to\u00a0<\/p>\n
experience them.\u201c.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The little one listened quietly. He didn\u2019t fully understand her\u00a0<\/p>\n
words, but he trusted his mommy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 53\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine sighed inwardly. She couldn\u2019t lie to him, yet she\u00a0<\/p>\n
couldn\u2019t place the cruelty of the adult world on the shoulders of\u00a0<\/p>\n
a four\u2013year\u2013old either.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMommy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kevin quickly changed the subject. \u201cTomorrow\u2019s the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Do you still remember what you have promised me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine blinked before recalling that yesterday, when she\u00a0<\/p>\n
had forgotten to pick him up, she had promised to take him to\u00a0<\/p>\n
the amusement park on the weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kevin curved his lips into a smile. \u201cDid you tell Daddy?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine scratched her head. \u201cNot yet, but when Daddy comes\u00a0<\/p>\n
back tonight, I\u2019ll talk to him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
What made her feel slightly uneasy was her memory that\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roderick had height fright.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Back then, she had teased him by making a bet, dragging him\u00a0<\/p>\n
along to an amusement park.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 53\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roller coasters, log rides\u2026 she insisted on riding whatever was\u00a0<\/p>\n
high and thrilling.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even now, she could recall Roderick\u2019s pale face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she returned home, her parents had scolded her for it\u00a0<\/p>\n
because it had been his first time on such rides, and afterward,\u00a0<\/p>\n
he even came down with a fever.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So when Kevin whispered yesterday that he wanted both\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mommy and Daddy to take him to the amusement park,\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine guessed that perhaps Roderick had never brought\u00a0<\/p>\n
him to such places before.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But she assumed that as a model father, surely Roderick could\u00a0<\/p>\n
overcome his fear for his son\u2019s sake.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At worst, he could just wait on the side while she went on the\u00a0<\/p>\n
rides with Kevin. She wouldn\u2019t push him this time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That evening, before dinner, Roderick returned. Over the meal,\u00a0<\/p>\n
Madeleine mentioned the amusement park trip.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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