Chapter 94
“We’re university students and have plenty of free time. We also love doing good deeds.“>
“You better take responsibility and raise Lily properly. We’ll be watching. If you abandon her again, we’re calling the police immediately!”
The smiles on Jacob and Cassie’s faces froze instantly. They grimaced bitterly as they nodded frantically and answered timidly, “Yes, yes, students, we accept your words.”
Meanwhile, Lily continued to grin foolishly, her voice loud and excited as she shouted, “I have a mommy and daddy now!“}
On the other side, the university students gathered around me and Natalie, their eyes filled with admiration.
“Queen of the swimming world, you’re incredible! Natalie is so lucky to have a mother like you!“}
Natalie’s eyes turned red with emotion
She gazed at me and her sobbing voice trembled with gratitude, “Mom… thank you.”
In an instant, the crowd erupted into thunderous applause.
Natalie and I hugged each other tightly. At that moment, words were unnecessary since our embrace said it all.
All these years of perseverance it all had meaning. Every hardship and every injustice I had endured was worth it. Thankfully, I had never given up. I had poured my heart and soul into raising Natalie.
As for Jacob and Cassie, they had no choice but to take their foolish daughter and slink home in disgrace.
Jacob and Cassie brought Lily back to their home from the orphanage, but they never expected that their daughter, this child with cerebral palsy, would be like a ticking time bomb, turning
At home, Lily’s ear–splitting screams echoed like “ves upside down.
fire and made their heads throb in pain. §
She grabbed whatever was within reach and threw it. Sometimes, she demanded food and the next, she wailed to watch cartoons. Objects flew across the room, pots and pans clattered and chaos engulfed their home.
Within just a few days, Jacob and Cassie looked as if they had aged ten years. Their faces were haggard, their spirits drained.§ One day, I happened to run into Jacob on the street.}
Gone was his once–polished appearance. The dark circles around his eyes were so dark they looked like a eyes were filled with exhaustion and resentment. As he glared at me with pure hatred, he gritted his teeth and spat, “Wanda, you’re just pair of sunglasses. His warting to see me make a fool of myself, aren’t you? Not a chance!“}
I lifted the corners of my lips slightly, my tone calm as I answered him, “I simply returned your biological daughter to you.” Jacob’s face twisted in fury. He roared, “Don’t be so smug! I still have another daughter, a younger one, Becca Hamilton! She was bom tall and strong, with long limbs. Cassie has been training her in swimming all these years. She’ll definitely be better than Natalie!”
“in two months, the National Swimming Championships will be held Just wait! Becca will defeat Natalie and take the national title!” i merely smiled at his words and said nothing.
Men so painfully ordinary, yet so inexplicably confident.
