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To Each Our Own Winter

To Each Our Own Winter

Maikling Kwento · Romance
By:  Faraway GalaxyKumpleto
Language: English
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Synopsis

Tragic Love

Feel-Good Story

Plot Twists

Bias

Scumbag

Mistress

Regret

Winning Back the Wife

Cheating

After Dad’s affair, Mom began sprinkling flour into his underwear every day. “That way, it’s clean, and I can see the truth,” she murmured. Her face was deathly pale. Dad always stood by the bed with his head lowered, letting her do as she pleased. When he left the bedroom, he would catch my worried gaze and give me a gentle smile. “Ellie, your mom’s sick. She’s just playing a game with me.” However, that day, Dad was leaving for an out-of-town business trip. While packing, he quietly pulled out the flour-dusted pair and replaced it with a clean one. The moment Mom saw it, she snapped. She rushed over and grabbed his suitcase. “Why did you switch it?” she shrieked. “Are you going to see that divorced receptionist from your company again? Even after I marked it with flour, you still want to fool around with her. Aren’t you afraid something will go wrong down there?” Dad stumbled as she tugged at him. At last, he shoved her away. “I’m going to the hot springs resort to meet a client. How am I supposed to show up like this? Can’t you stop being so paranoid all the time?” Mom staggered back into the wardrobe, and her tears instantly spilled out. “If you weren’t so desperate that you’d go after anyone, even a woman with a child, I wouldn’t be so paranoid.” Dad’s face flushed with anger. “At least Jocelyn’s child was her ex-husband’s, unlike you, who expected me to raise the spawn of the man who assaulted you. If I’d been pickier, I never would’ve married you!” A sudden clap of thunder cracked outside. Mom went still, and she slowly lowered her outstretched hand. I curled up in the corner of the couch as tears slid down my face. I knew then that Mom had truly reached her breaking point.

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9 Kabanata
Chapter 1
After he said that, Dad’s expression changed.He quickly covered my ears with both hands and said in an apologetic tone, “Ellie, don’t take it to heart. I got carried away just now and said things I didn’t mean.”His palms were hot against my ears, and everything he said sounded distant and muffled, like it was coming through water. I felt nothing. I just looked at Mom through the gaps between his fingers.Mom stood there perfectly still. She did not make a fuss.All she did was crouch down, pick up the underwear, fold it slowly, and place it in the laundry basket.Then, she picked up Dad’s train ticket from the coffee table and stared at it for a long time.When I saw the words “Westside Hot Springs Resort,” my mind reeled.Everything came flooding back in an instant.That was where I first caught Dad with the woman he was having an affair with.That day, Mom had brought me to the hot springs resort for my birthday.We changed into swimsuits and headed for the hot springs.
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Chapter 2
That night, Dad did not come home, and I somehow developed a high fever.Mom stayed by my side all night, changing the towel on my forehead and checking my temperature again and again.I heard her making a phone call. She was probably calling Dad.It rang for a long time, but no one answered.When dawn came, and my fever had not broken, Mom carried me to the hospital on her back.I rested against her. My eyelids felt heavy as if they had been filled with lead.In my half-conscious state, I heard a woman’s voice nearby.“Easy, sweetheart. Just bear with it a little longer. It’ll be over soon.”The voice sounded strangely familiar.I opened my eyes and saw three people standing outside the examination room next door.It was Dad, Jocelyn Rowe, and a boy who was half a head taller than me.The boy was holding up a finger wrapped in gauze, whining as he sought comfort.Dad had not noticed us.He was bent over, signing some paperwork.“Family of Ethan Rowe?” the doctor called.
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Chapter 3
It all came back to me.The day we caught Dad in the changing room had been exactly three months ago.Mom tightened her grip on my hand.I looked up at her profile, but her expression remained as calm as ever.When she met Dad’s gaze, all she said was “Congratulations.”Then, she turned and led me away.“Wendy!” Dad called after her.Mom never slowed down.The whole way home, she did not say a single word.That evening, Dad came home.When he stepped into the living room, Mom was already sitting on the couch.Dad sat down across from her. His expression suddenly turned serious.“Wendy, we need to talk.”Mom said nothing.Dad let out a sigh. His voice softened as though he were soothing a child.“Jocelyn’s pregnant, and I want to keep the baby.”He paused and glanced at me before looking back at Mom.“You know what your body has been through. Carrying Ellie left lasting damage, and the doctor said you’ll never have another child. Jocelyn is carrying my only biological c
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Chapter 4
The slap left Mom completely dazed.She pressed a hand to her cheek as blood trickled from the corner of her mouth down her chin.“What’s gotten into you? When did I ever have someone assault her?”Dad seized my arm and dragged Mom and me out of the house.As I stumbled along behind him, my knee slammed into the doorframe. The impact sent a sharp pain through me.When we arrived at Jocelyn’s hospital room, the smell of blood hit me the moment the door opened.Jocelyn lay half-reclined on the bed. Her hair was disheveled, and her face was wet with tears.Her clothes were ripped in places, revealing bruised patches of skin beneath.The moment she saw Mom, she shrank back and screamed, “Don’t come any closer! Stay away from me! Don’t touch me, you monsters!”Dad stood in the doorway. His voice was strained as if every word was being forced out through clenched teeth.“Wendy, just because you can’t have children now, you can’t stand seeing someone else have one? Don’t you realize
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Chapter 5
I leaned over the hallway railing. My heart tightened as if an icy hand had closed around it.Mom had jumped from the second floor.My whole body shook, and tears streamed uncontrollably down my face.Dad sprinted toward the landscaped area below, then stopped dead in his tracks.As I looked down from the upstairs railing, my vision blurred with tears. I could only make out a large pool of vivid red spreading across the ground.It was darker and more terrifying than the blood on Jocelyn’s bedsheet.Dad stood beside the pool of blood. His tense face went deathly pale in an instant.However, just as quickly, he forced the emotion down, replacing it with a look of disdain and impatience I could not understand.I slowly made my way to the stairwell.When I reached Dad, I tugged at the hem of his shirt. My voice broke with sobs.“Dad… is Mom… is Mom dead?”Dad jerked his shirt free from my grasp. His brows were drawn together.“Don’t be ridiculous! She’s just throwing a tantrum.
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Chapter 6
The bloodstains on the ground were still there. When the wind blew, a faint metallic smell drifted through the air.Grandma’s legs went weak, and she nearly collapsed. Thankfully, Grandpa caught her in time.Grandpa looked at Dad. His tone was icy.“Back then, Wren cut ties with her family just to marry you. She went from a life of wealth and privilege to enduring hardship by your side. Did you know that?”Dad stood there, unable to say a single word.The disgust in Grandpa’s eyes deepened, and he slowly began to reveal part of Mom’s past that she had never told anyone.Back then, Mom and Dad had been university classmates.At the time, Dad’s family was struggling financially. He had even been close to dropping out because of his family’s debts.Mom saw what he was going through and could not bear to watch him struggle. She secretly paid off all his debts so he could focus on his studies.Later, the university offered a limited number of recommendations for graduate school. Mo
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Chapter 7
It was not long before the police arrived again.The moment the thugs realized a life had been lost, panic set in.Terrified that they would be held responsible for her death, they ultimately decided to turn themselves in and confess everything.They admitted that Jocelyn had paid them to stage the assault and falsely accuse Mom of being the one who had orchestrated it.An officer approached Jocelyn, who was still pretending to be weak and crying.“Jocelyn Rowe, you’re suspected of making a false accusation and setting someone up. You’re coming with us.”Jocelyn completely panicked. Her face turned deathly pale as she struggled and cried out, “No! I didn’t do it! They’re lying! Jason, help me!”She desperately called out to Dad for help. Her eyes were filled with fear.However, Dad remained on the clinic floor. His eyes were vacant, and his expression was filled with despair.At the sight of this, Grandpa said coldly, “Get him out of here. I don’t want him anywhere near Wren.
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Chapter 8
As soon as Grandpa returned home, he handed all the evidence over to the police.Jocelyn’s resolve finally crumbled. She confessed to everything at the police station.She admitted that she had deliberately seduced Dad into having an affair.Later, determined to take Mom’s place, she fabricated the entire story about being assaulted and suffering a miscarriage.She also confessed that years ago, she had accepted a bribe from one of Dad’s business enemies and revealed Mom’s whereabouts, setting in motion the nightmare that would haunt Mom for the rest of her life.The police investigation further revealed that the child Jocelyn had been carrying was never Dad’s.She had simply intended to use the pregnancy to keep Dad tied to her and secure greater benefits for herself.The news soon reached Dad.At the time, he was still consumed by remorse over Mom’s “death,” refusing to eat or drink day after day.When he learned the truth, he thought of all the years he had misunderstood an
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Chapter 9
Mom and I moved to the small southern town where Grandpa and Grandma lived, and we started a new chapter of our lives.After receiving treatment, Mom slowly recovered. A smile gradually returned to her face, replacing the weary, drawn expression that had defined her for so long.I transferred to a new school and made new friends.That day, Mom came to pick me up after school, as usual.She wore a light-colored dress. Her long hair fell over her shoulders, and a gentle smile lit up her face.I skipped over to her, took her hand, and we started walking home together.Just then, I happened to catch sight of a figure standing near the school gate.It was Dad.He stood by the roadside, so thin that he was almost unrecognizable. His cheeks were sunken, and his hair had turned completely white. The empty sleeve on his right side hung loose, swaying gently in the breeze.He looked like a shadow of his former self.His eyes were fixed on Mom and me.Clutched tightly in his hand was a
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