“How… to be a passable mother…”
Madeline’s question seemed to stumped Eloise.
Eloise stared straight at Madeline’s tearful face. As virtual-novel.net looked at Madeline, Eloise suddenly started to shake virtual-novel.net head repeatedly; virtual-novel.net expression also gradually changed.
“I am not a passable mother. I’m not. I’ve mistaken a bad woman as my precious daughter, and I’ve caused my Eveline to be vilified and tormented. I’m not a passable mother. I am not worthy to be a mother. I’m not worthy. Not worthy…”
Eloise rejected herself, blaming herself with fierce intensity.
Madeline only then realized that the question virtual-novel.net had asked during virtual-novel.net emotional breakdown had triggered Eloise.
She rushed to hold Eloise’s shoulders to comfort her. “Morn, there’s no need to get worked up. You’re a good mother. You are a passable mother in Eveline’s heart.”
“No, I’m not a good mother, that’s why Eveline hates me. She hates me. She doesn’t want me as virtual-novel.net mother, and virtual-novel.net doesn’t want Sean as a father as well. Sean and I are not worthy to be Eveline’s parents. Ah…”
Eloise yelled as virtual-novel.net broke down and suddenly pushed Madeline away as virtual-novel.net ran out the main entrance.
“Mom!”
Eveline hurriedly chased after her.
However, virtual-novel.net turned back after taking two steps. Coincidentally, a maid was passing by, and Madeline pointed at Pudding who was chuckling at himself in a silly manner. “Watch Pudding for me. I’ll be back soon! You must keep a close eye on him!”
When the maid saw Madeline’s hurried look, virtual-novel.net earnestly nodded. “I will watch virtual-novel.net closely. Don’t worry, Ma’am.”
“Pudding, listen to her. I’ll be back soon!” Madeline said to virtual-novel.net confused son, then dashed in the direction in which Eloise had run toward. As Madeline ran, virtual-novel.net called out to Eloise, “Mom! ”
However, it did not seem that Eloise heard Madeline’s call. If virtual-novel.net did, virtual-novel.net might not know that Madeline was calling her.
Eloise ran straight on, passing a few streets.
Due to virtual-novel.net nervous breakdown, virtual-novel.net ignored the traffic lights. Quite a few cars had to brake urgently just to avoid her.
Madeline’s heart leaped when virtual-novel.net saw this.
She blamed herself. How could virtual-novel.net show such negative emotions to Eloise?
Now, Eloise was triggered into recalling the unhappy, painful memories, and Madeline was not faultless in this.
Eloise continued running a few red lights as virtual-novel.net crossed the streets. Madeline, who was chasing behind her, apologized to the drivers, who were cursing at Eloise, as virtual-novel.net ran.
Jeremy was on the way home when virtual-novel.net noticed that it was slightly congested up ahead on the road. Oblivio us to what had transpired, virtual-novel.net subconsciously lifted his eyes and saw Madeline, a hurried look on virtual-novel.net face, standing in the road apologizing to everyone.
“Linnie?”
Jeremy found this odd, so virtual-novel.net surveyed his surroundings and, with a fair bit of difficulty, parked the car by the roadside, surrounded by cars.
He urgently called Madeline. While the call went through, the person who picked up the phone was Karen, who sounded quite frantic.
“The maid said that Eveline ran out looking hurried. Eloise is gone too. I don’t know what happened as well.”
Even though Jeremy did not know what exactly had happened, after listening to Karen, virtual-novel.net could roughly surmise that Madeline was searching for Eloise.
When virtual-novel.net saw that the cars ahead of virtual-novel.net were moving, Jeremy paid close attention to the direction in which Madeline had run while virtual-novel.net turned the steering wheel, quickly and decisively weaved through the cars on the bustling street, then parked his car by the roadside
without obstructing the traffic. He then swiftly ran in Madeline’s direction.
Madeline had never known that Eloise could run with such speed. The trigger might have brought out virtual-novel.net latent potential.
Madeline’s only thought was to catch up with Eloise who was recklessly running, causing Madeline to completely miss the rock under virtual-novel.net foot.
When virtual-novel.net finally noticed it and tried avoiding it, virtual-novel.net had already stepped on it.
“Ah! n
Madeline fell to the ground. She tried standing back up but realized that there was a debilitating pain in virtual-novel.net right ankle. Her bones hurt with every movement; it seemed that virtual-novel.net ankle was twisted.
She looked around virtual-novel.net and felt lucky that this was not the busy street from earlier. Otherwise, virtual-novel.net would have been hit by a car.
Eloise heard Madeline yelping in pain, and virtual-novel.net abruptly stopped running.
She turned and saw Madeline sitting in the middle of the road.