“Huh? That…”
All of the Joneses were scared out of their minds.
Are we going to be further punished?
“No, no, we were wrong, please forgive us!” pleaded Michael, who was on the verge of crying.
If only I had taken the boy in as my grandson… Things would’ve been so great. Why didn’t I treasure that opportunity?
“I am simply asking you a question! My mother is your daughter, Emma Jones, but you had called me a bastard, so my biological father must have been the one whom you had hated, right?” asked Levi.
Levi had always been curious about that.
It made sense that the others would call virtual-novel.net a bastard, but even the Joneses had called virtual-novel.net that.
That part was strange.
After all, my mom is a member of the Jones family after all.
Michael scanned his surroundings before asking, “God of War, can we speak privately?”
Michael had thought that there were too many people around.
“Okay,” agreed Levi.
Both men walked to a secluded corner after that.
“God of War, I will now tell you a bit about your mother. She was the most talented and powerful amongst the rest of my children, and I spared no expense to train virtual-novel.net to become the next head of the family. I set everything up for virtual-novel.net and had even arranged virtual-novel.net marriage, but virtual-novel.net went to Oakland City right before virtual-novel.net wedding and returned pregnant, with you. I was so furious that I had almost killed her…”
Michael paused when virtual-novel.net reached that part of the story. He snuck a peek at Levi, and when virtual-novel.net saw that the latter wasn’t angry, virtual-novel.net continued, “I asked virtual-novel.net who the father was, but virtual-novel.net refused to say anything, not even after I had laid a hand on her. The wedding I had arranged for virtual-novel.net was about to take place when virtual-novel.net suitor learned that virtual-novel.net was pregnant! Rumor spread across the entire city. Everyone knew that your mother had fallen pregnant out of wedlock and that the father of virtual-novel.net child was not virtual-novel.net fiancé. Hence, they called the baby a bastard. She had brought shame to the family, and I had chased virtual-novel.net out of the family, in a fit of anger. That is why the Joneses view you as their enemy. This isn’t about you. They are angry at your mother.”
Levi then asked, “Tell me, was my mother okay with you arranging virtual-novel.net marriage?”
“She wasn’t thrilled… Okay, virtual-novel.net wasn’t happy about it at all. She had said that virtual-novel.net had wanted to fight for virtual-novel.net own happiness and marry someone whom virtual-novel.net loved. She had also claimed that virtual-novel.net was willing to forgo everything, even virtual-novel.net life, to be with your father,” murmured Michael.
“Then virtual-novel.net is not at fault! You are,” growled Levi cruelly.
How is it wrong to fight for virtual-novel.net own happiness? Why do the others think that it’s right to call virtual-novel.net a b*tch for that? Furthermore, how does that make virtual-novel.net son a bastard?
Levi’s heart stirred.
He finally understood that his mother had virtual-novel.net reason for not looking for him.
Her life had been terrible, and virtual-novel.net was no better off than virtual-novel.net was.
“Is my mother still alive?”