All Chapters of His Father’s Addction: Chapter 131 - Chapter 139

HAZEL“We came back because of my dad. Now he's doing just fine. I've already gotten you another job at my friend's company, and our daughter Maya will attend one of the best schools.”I stared at William, he just said ‘our daughter’ again. That was it for me.I slammed my palm against the table.The impact sent my laptop sliding dangerously close to the edge.“Shit.”I grabbed it before it fell and pushed it safely towards the middle.When I faced William again, every bit of patience I'd been holding onto for months was gone.“That's enough!”“I'm tired of your bullshit. I'm sick and tired of these silly games you keep playing. You need to stop now because I ain't finding any of this funny.”William looked around the room as though there was someone else I could possibly be talking to.That irritated me even more.“My love, are you okay?”“Don't call me that.”“What are you saying?”“You heard me perfectly.”He studied my face.“The only person playing games here is you, Hazel.”He c

HAZEL“It’s a long story.”Mum sat opposite me while Maya slept peacefully on the sofa, surrounded by cushions.“I have time,” she said.So did I.I told her what mattered, starting with William and the first DNA result.Her face changed when I told her he claimed we'd slept together while drunk.“He told you what?”“Let me finish.”She pressed her lips together and nodded.I continued.I told her about the three other DNA tests. How every single one excluded William as Maya’s father. How he'd been the one to plant the original doubt through Betty before arranging the first test.Then I told her about this morning's New Zealand announcement, the insistence that Maya was his daughter, and the strange comments about my mental health.By the time I got to what happened at the childcare centre, Mum was no longer sitting comfortably.She had moved to the edge of the sofa.“He actually told people you need medication?”“He made sure they heard him.”“And this was after threatening to protec

HAZELMy fingers wouldn't stop fidgeting.I finally pushed both hands between my thighs just to keep them still.To think I'd unknowingly exposed my daughter to this man.I'd left Maya alone with him countless times without a single worry because I trusted him completely.Now I was sitting across from a woman telling me he'd killed his wife.“Tell me everything,” I said.Amelia took a breath.“My sister fell in love with him and married him. Little did she know she'd walked straight into the devil's den.”She glanced down at the table.“Their love story was almost perfect in the beginning. William was everything. Meek, kind, attentive, always there whenever Grace needed him.”She snorted.“To think I envied their love.”Her voice cracked slightly.“Eventually, they got married. Things were still good for a while, until William became possessive of her. At first, we thought it was just jealousy. You know, a newly married man obsessed with his beautiful wife.”I swallowed.“But it kept

EMILYAnother Sunday morning of pretending everything was all right.I sat in the living room with a cup of tea I had barely touched, scrolling through my phone when the front door opened.Doris walked in.Where she was coming from this early on a Sunday morning was something only she and God knew.She shut the door behind her and adjusted the small bag hanging from her shoulder.“Good morning, Emily. You good?”Here we go again.All that friendliness, fake smiles, the little attempts at conversation whenever we found ourselves in the same room.Heaven knew how much patience I'd developed over the past five months.I smiled back.“Yes, I'm good.”Her steps were much steadier now, but I still noticed the care she took with them.“I think you should take it easy. You only recently stopped using your walking aid.”“Don't worry. I'm fine.”She walked further into the room.“After Uncle Moses died, I've learnt to conquer my fear.”My fingers tightened around my cup.Even after five months,