Semua Bab New Year Homecoming: My Mom Doesn't Know Me: Bab 1 - Bab 8

I stood frozen in place.I exclaimed, "Mom, I'm your son, Will. You were just asking me a few days ago when I'd be back for the holidays!"My mom, Dahlia Jones, walked over and stared at me for a while before speaking. "Hey, watch what you're saying! You can't simply make things up! I've lived here for over 20 years. Everyone knows what my son looks like. I don't know you!"She tugged at the man, Steven Lowe, and pointed at him. "Look. This is my son."I sighed helplessly. "Mom, are you guys messing with me? Please stop it, will you? I couldn't get a high-speed train ticket, so I spent over ten hours on a regular train just to get back here."I craned my neck toward the doorway and called inside, "Dad, I'm home!"My dad, Gordon Lowe, and I had always been close, so if this really was some kind of prank, there was no way he could keep a straight face.Yet there was no response from inside."What are you doing? Now you're just unreasonable." Steven shoved me away.Impatience cre

My breath hitched, and I nearly dropped my phone.Dad wasn't dead.Then why were they lying to me? What were they trying to hide?Just a week ago, when we video-called, Mom and Dad had both said, "Will, we've got a surprise waiting for you when you come home for the holidays."But a week later, when I came home, everything had changed. Dad had faked his death and stopped answering my calls, while Mom pretended not to know me, threw me out even though I'd come home for the holidays, and left me injured.Then they suddenly decided to move away. It became obvious to me that they were trying to cut me off.Was this the surprise they had promised me? I really couldn't understand why they were doing this."Don't worry so much. I'm here. Nothing's going to happen."It wasn't until I heard Dad's voice that I realized they'd already started walking toward me. I clenched my hands and kept my head down, afraid to make a sound.Then I waited until they were a good distance away before fol

The sharp blade cut into Dahlia's neck, leaving a thin line of blood. Seeing the blood distracted Jimmy for a moment.Taking advantage of it, I grabbed the vase sitting by the entryway and slammed it hard against his head.Jimmy released me with a pained groan, and I turned and ran for the door. But I barely made it two steps before he grabbed me and yanked me back.When Dahlia saw that, she kept the knife pressed against her neck.Jimmy glanced at her, looking a little helpless, then quickly tied up both my hands and feet. "I'm not planning to kill him anymore. You can put the knife down now."He gave Dahlia a long look before walking over and forcefully taking the fruit knife from her. Then he lit a cigarette, sat on the couch, and stared at me.Dahlia stood to the side, her hands still trembling uncontrollably."Mom…" I bit my lip. It was a long while before I managed to get my words out. "Why? Can you please tell me why? Dad treated you so well. Why did you have to hurt him?

I sneered. "So, you took my dad as a stand-in for Jimmy."Dahlia shook her head. "No… At first, I really just mistook him for Jimmy. I thought he was the man I loved… But after Gordon and I started dating, I found out he wasn't. By then, your dad was already planning to marry me. He treated me so well, so well that I couldn't bring myself to turn him down."You know what your dad was like. He gave me everything he had. He would've given me everything in the world if he could."Meanwhile, Jimmy was in prison. Even if he got out, I wasn't in contact with him. I didn't know where he was. I couldn't spend the rest of my life waiting for him. So, in the end, I married your dad."I never regretted our marriage. Not even once! Gordon was so good to me. I had so many friends, and every single one of them envied me… I really did want to grow old with him."I couldn't pretend it didn't affect me, hearing Dahlia tell me about a past I'd known nothing about. But at that point, I could tell sh