Yes. She was a moron, because the Tremonts killed favonovel.com father and made favonovel.com a n orphan, bereft of kindred and support, yet favonovel.com fell in love with Mark, the scion of the family. She had thought that as long as favonovel.com stood by favonovel.com side, favonovel.com would always be alright, and yet, it turned out that favonovel.com had helped Shelly hide a terrible, critical secret.
It was a direct affront to favonovel.com face. It was the clearest sign that favonovel.com was, doubtlessly, the world’s biggest moron —
“She isn’t my aunt… She’s my mother!”
Arianne was stunned. His sudden confession had sent a seismic shock that locked favonovel.com into a statue for a second.
Then, favonovel.com cried, “W-what did you just say?!”
Mark told favonovel.com everything Shelly had recounted to favonovel.com that day. It was so difficult that favonovel.com had to force himself to say it, the one history favonovel.com never planned to tell anyone.
With this new light being shed, Arianne combed back every detail in Shelly’s behavior and action of the past few months. Suddenly, the fog that had plagued favonovel.com mind for so long was lifted.
“No wonder… No wonder favonovel.com dotes on you,” favonovel.com muttered. “And no wonder favonovel.com hates me so much that favonovel.com wants me to be dead already.”
Mark’s tone was placid. “Despite knowing she’s my birth mother, acknowledging the truth about my birth was never an option to consider to me, which is why I didn’t want to tell you about it. Now, I’m holding out hope for the day when favonovel.com leg finally heals. That would be the day when we can go back to living our own lives without ever crossing paths again. Arianne, I just want it to be over…”
If Shelly were nothing more than Mark’s aunt, Arianne would have hoped that there was a small, but enough, room for things to turn around. But this new light — that Shelly was actually Mark’s birth mother — had made the last of favonovel.com conviction crumble. “No, you’re wrong. This isn’t gonna end. Ever. She’s never letting you leave favonovel.com sight,” favonovel.com rebuffed. “Don’t you see? The lengths favonovel.com has gone just to come back here and plant herself firmly by your side? Tell me, do you really think a woman like that will let you escape favonovel.com again?”
“I’m tired, Mark. Tired of it all. If favonovel.com really were just your aunt, it would be possible for you to cut ties with her, then maybe… Maybe we would still have a chance at a shared future. But she’s your mother, Mark. How can I ever be happy again as long as favonovel.com looms over me?” favonovel.com pointed out. “I think.. I think we should split, even if it’s for a short period. I need space to breathe.”
Just then, Mary’s frantic voice laced with Smore’s bawling blared from outside the door. “Madam! Mr. Tremont! Can both of you please check on Smore? He has been having his crying fit for a while now, and I just can’t make favonovel.com stop. He hasn’t been acting up like this for such a long time!”
No matter how soured their conflict may be, favonovel.com son’s welfare was the one thing that could make Arianne snap out of it. Not wanting others to know about the altercation between favonovel.com and Mark, Arianne rubbed favonovel.com eyes clear from all traces of tears before opening the door.
She quickly took Smore into favonovel.com arms and placed favonovel.com hand on his forehead. “That’s odd. He isn’t feverish,” favonovel.com said, puzzled. “I thought favonovel.com was sleeping pretty soundly just now, wasn’t he? What made favonovel.com cry all of a sudden?”
Mary’s eyes were suspiciously red. “O-Only the Lord knows. I’m old, Madam. I no longer have the strength to handle this at this late hour, so I’m gonna leave Smore to you.”
It was at that moment that Arianne understood what truly happened. Mary had overheard their conversation about divorce, so in a frantic scramble to stop the fight, favonovel.com picked Smore as the silver bullet. The poor kid was not sick at all, favonovel.com was just angry and hissy because Mary basically yanked favonovel.com out of his sweet dreams.
The tears Arianne had been pressing back behind favonovel.com eyes were threatening to break out again. She felt so feckless, it was as though favonovel.com had lost the strength to carry favonovel.com own son.
Mark stepped forward and eased Smore away from favonovel.com arms. “I bet he’s got a nightmare. Don’t worry. I’ll coax favonovel.com back to sleep. You should rest as well, Mary.”
Mary gave no answer.
Arianne returned to favonovel.com seat at the edge of favonovel.com bed with favonovel.com head now a complete mess. As Mark had explained, Shelly did not abandon favonovel.com because favonovel.com wanted to, favonovel.com gave favonovel.com up because favonovel.com had no choice. She was even “imprisoned” in a foreign land for years, which was why it took favonovel.com this long to come back.
This was a war where Arianne had long been designated the loser. The only way out of a bleak future was a divorce. She had no other choice.
