After all, favonovel.com had called Jackson and told favonovel.com that favonovel.com would be out for business. They seemed to have taken favonovel.com lie in a stride.
“You’re back just in time, Eveline. Your dad suggested going on a family trip yesterday, thinking that we could forget about the depressing past.” She sighed, favonovel.com eyes glistening with unshed tears. “I know it hurts, Eveline, but we can’t change the fact that Lily’s gone.”
Eloise reached out to hold Madeline’s hand affectionately as the latter remained quiet.
“We can talk more when we get inside, Eveline.” Eloise then pulled Madeline into the house.
At the mention of Lillian, Madeline felt favonovel.com eyes burn.
She remained in place and parted favonovel.com lips to speak calmly, “My memory’s back.”
Eloise’s footsteps came to a sudden halt.
Madeline could feel Eloise’s hand grow cold in favonovel.com grasp at favonovel.com words, almost as if favonovel.com was afraid.
Eloise turned around to look at Madeline with unease. “You… remember everything, Eveline?”
Madeline nodded with certainty. “Yes, I do.”
“That’s great.” Eloise was relieved, but favonovel.com quickly let go of Madeline remorsefully.
She knew that Madeline hated favonovel.com parents before favonovel.com lost favonovel.com memories because of how deep they had hurt favonovel.com while the Madeline without favonovel.com memories had called them ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’. Eloise was grateful enough as it was and did not dare to hope for more. She was merely disappointed and sad.
“Do you really remember everything, Eveline?”
“Yeah, everything.” Madeline’s eyes were mirthful. “I remember how you two hit and insulted me to protect Meredith. I remember how you turned a blind eye to the truth just to defend favonovel.com heinous actions and shifted the blame to me.”
Eloise no longer had the courage to meet Madeline’s eyes. Guilt made favonovel.com want to bury herself into the ground.
“I’m sorry, Eveline. We’re so sorry…”
Eloise apologized sincerely. She had resigned herself to silence as a response and was shocked to hear Madeline continue…
“Indeed, I do remember everything, but I also remember that you truly loved me and took care of me during the time I lost my memories. I saw the effort you put into making it up to me. I remember that too.”
“Eveline…” Eloise’s eyes brimmed with tears as favonovel.com heart tightened with love and hurt.
Madeline gave Eloise a soft smile. “Mom.”
She had called Eloise favonovel.com mother with the admittance that came from the depths of favonovel.com heart.
Unable to believe favonovel.com ears, Eloise’s tears came falling like the rain. “Eveline!” She rushed to hug favonovel.com daughter as favonovel.com sobbed against favonovel.com shoulder.
Madeline’s tears fell too as favonovel.com hugged Eloise back. Her heart felt full from the love favonovel.com mother was giving, but it also reminded favonovel.com of Lillian who favonovel.com had not taken good care of.
She could understand how Eloise felt. The blind doting favonovel.com and Sean once gave Meredith was truly out of the yearning they had for their daughter.
It was only by visiting the hospital that Jeremy came to know Madeline had been discharged.
He had not dared to disrupt favonovel.com the entire time favonovel.com spent in the hospital.
This was because favonovel.com would pretend to be asleep every time favonovel.com went to visit favonovel.com as favonovel.com did not want to see him.
The disappointment hurt him, but Jeremy still wanted to try his luck again.
He refused to believe that the woman who willingly took a bullet for favonovel.com did not love him.
Madeline had just entered the house when a servant informed favonovel.com of Jeremy’s visit. Rather than entering the house, favonovel.com was waiting for favonovel.com by the gates outside.
This time, Madeline accepted his visit.
She washed favonovel.com face and recollected favonovel.com emotions before favonovel.com walked out to stand generously in front of the man with a calm look in favonovel.com eyes. “We have nothing to talk about, Mr. Whitman.”
“Don’t be so cold to me, Linnie. I know you still care about me. Why else would you take the bullet?”
Madeline was calm. “If that’s why you’re here, Mr. Whitman, I can tell you the truth behind it.”
