All Chapters of A Son’s Demands: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

8 Chapters

Chapter 1

I didn’t expect that post to go so viral, it came up as one of the top searches in the country.Countless netizens berated me for mistreating my child, saying that I shouldn’t have children if I couldn’t afford it.[You can’t even fulfil your child’s wishes. You’re not fit to be a mother!][Yeah! My mom was like that too, and she made me the laughing stock of my class. I hate her forever!]Online dissent grew increasingly intense. Someone even found my home address and claimed to punish me for being a nasty mother.I was so frightened when I saw that, especially because the person’s IP address was near where I lived.My husband was the only one at home. I gave him a call right away. The phone rang for a long time. When my husband finally answered the call, he refused to believe what I said.“It’s just something trivial. Have a good talk with our son, and he’ll understand.”My husband thought I was making a mountain out of a molehill. He seldom went online and never saw those

Chapter 2

He didn’t explain the posts online or even ask about his father’s injury. All he did was blame me for not giving him money.As I looked at the young man before me who felt like a stranger, my heart turned cold.“Do you still have a conscience?”I was furious and lifted a hand to slap him. Yet, my son said with a smirk, “Isn’t this what you two should do as parents? Is that all you’ve got? The fact that so many people support me shows that I’m right.”With that, he turned to leave. I was so overwhelmed with fury I couldn’t speak, and I blacked out.Within a short week, two in my family got hospitalized. Running back and forth between my home and the hospital had drained me of my energy.Even my parents tried comforting me, telling me that my son was just a kid and that there was no need for me to take it too seriously.What’s more, the cyber bullying from the previous incident had stopped as well.I suppressed the anger boiling in me and held my tongue from raking up the past

Chapter 3

“Mom, why did you have to stop me? Didn’t you tell me to find a way to earn my own keep?”My son looked at me, confused. He then proudly waved the wad of cash he earned today. “I sold the camera for 200 dollars and the old laptop for over 300 dollars. There were a few other items I sold, too. I earned a total of nearly 2,000 dollars.”He pulled out his sales records, but I was fuming. Not only were the items he sold very expensive, but they also held precious photos of our family. I couldn’t believe he sold them at such a low price!“Mrs. Lane, what a good son you have! He’s so generous!”Someone walked past Shawn’s stall and showed off the camera he bought from Shawn. There were even some intimate photos and videos of me and my husband in the camera.I felt utterly embarrassed as they laughed and teased me, but my son looked completely unperturbed. He even joined in.“Since you dared to capture it on film, why can’t we watch it? Why didn’t you find it embarrassing when you fil

Chapter 4

The moment I arrived at Seaville, I received a call from my mom’s nurse. She informed me that my mom’s condition had relapsed and was sent to the emergency room.“Are you coming back? Your mom is in grave condition. I’m not even sure if she can make it past tonight. I’m being honest with you on account of how long we’ve known each other,” the nurse said, sounding worried.I knelt in the middle of the road and broke down in tears. My mind went blank, and it could no longer register what the nurse was saying.When it rains, it pours.“I don’t know… I don’t know! What can I do?”I held the phone in my hands and cried out loud, unable to decide on who to give up on. One was my mom, while the other was my child whom I raised.I had also just given my son 5,000 dollars, which meant I had to go around borrowing money for my mom.I made many calls, praying hard in between each one that my mom would be fine and that I would be able to rush back to see her. When I finally borrowed enough

Chapter 5

The look on everyone’s faces changed.My son started to panic. He looked at me in disbelief, thinking that I must have gone mad.My in-laws frowned and scolded me, saying that I shouldn’t say things like that no matter how angry I was.“Fine. We’re at the hospital, aren’t we? We can go for a test right away.”I smirked at all three of them.My son’s panic grew at the sight of how confident and certain I looked.“Grandma, I’m not doing the test. Grandma, you trust me, don’t you?”My son immediately started playing the pity card, holding onto his grandmother’s hand and refusing to let go. My mother-in-law had her doubts at the beginning, thinking that I must be acting crazy. Yet, when she heard my suggestion to go for a test, realization dawned on her.She turned around to examine the child before her. I felt mentally exhausted and had no capacity to deal with them. I booked a ticket home. My son looked at me walking further and further away from him, the anxiety in him gro

Chapter 6

“Leonard, do you really have no intention of telling me whose son Shawn truly is?”I collapsed on the couch, all drained of energy, as I stared coldly at Leonard.Panic registered on his face, but his jawline tightened. He refused to admit the truth. “I really have no idea why you’re kicking up such a fuss.”“This child is the illegitimate child of your first lover. You are such a magnanimous and kind man, Mr. Leonard.”I applauded him, laughing so hard I almost teared up.“Back then, she married a rich man but ended up having an affair and having an illegitimate child. I’m sure she was pleasantly surprised to have such a dedicated first love who was willing to help her raise her child.”I found it hilarious the more I thought about it. If it weren’t because the camera got sold and the buyer digging up many videos from the past and sending me all of them out of the goodwill of his heart, I would never have found out the truth.She was a beautiful woman. She had knelt before Le

Chapter 7

“Walk up the stairs!”Everyone heard the voice from downstairs and looked down the flight of stairs. A beautiful woman was walking up in tears with a stern-looking man right behind her.They were Leonard’s first love and her husband.I had informed the Miller family about Shawn’s presence, and they took it very badly. They would never tolerate such a scandal in their family and immediately rushed over with Leonard's first love in tow.When the woman saw Shawn, she looked away and avoided his gaze, uncertain about how to face the child.On the other hand, realization immediately dawned upon Shawn when he saw the woman.“Get lost! I don’t know you! Mom! Mom, I was wrong. I won’t ever do this again!” He looked at me in fright, refusing to believe that I would really abandon him. Over his dead body would he ever go to the Millers!My in-laws had completely given up on their grandson. They shut their eyes, looking pained, as though one more look at Shawn would make them implode wit

Chapter 8

“Mom, I was wrong. I shouldn’t have asked you for money or caused Grandma’s death. I’m sorry, Mom. Please come see me.”His letters came one after another, each one more heartbreaking than the next. Some were even blotched with tear stains, with some words blurred out and the paper all wrinkled.I wanted to ignore it, but couldn’t help but wonder if the Millers were mistreating him. He was an illegitimate son, after all. In fact, he was a scandal in the family.I read the news and found out that the woman remained the mistress of the family. In fact, she already had three of her own children. What did that make Shawn?I couldn’t quite figure it out, but forced myself to stop thinking about Shawn. Coincidentally, Leonard seemed to have gone insane, constantly waiting for me downstairs at the lobby of my apartment.“Are you crazy?” I snapped. I couldn’t take it any longer and flung a bag of trash at the man downstairs, which landed right on his head. If it were in the past, he

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