Arianne immediately stopped in her tracks. “What would you have me do? Run amok like you are now and let an innocent child suffer as well? Aery was the one who sealed her fate by coming back here. This would never have happened if she did not return here with malicious intentions. What would you have me do now? Exchange myself for her? Why should I? What right do you have to make such a request? I can understand that you’re panicking and are worried, but don’t you dare vent your frustration on me. You have no right to!”
After saying that, Arianne carried Smore and sprinted to her room, slamming the door behind her.
Arianne had thought that she had put the past behind her and forgiven Helen. It was not until this incident that Arianne realized that Helen neither needed to be forgiven, nor did she deserved to. In the end, Arianne was just a child she had abandoned for so many years. The relationship they had could never be compared to the one Helen had with Aery, who had been raised by her since birth. Such was the reality of things.
Helen was bound to make such unreasonable requests when she had completely lost her rationality thanks to Seaton. How could she not be panicking at the thought of Aery’s impending doom?
Helen sat by the stairs and cried, but Arianne ignored her and coaxed Smore to sleep as if nothing had happened.
Smore was being a good boy and rested in her arms. He hugged her tightly and said, “Mama, mama good, gwamma bad.”
Arianne almost broke into tears herself after she tried so hard to stifle them. There was nothing she could do to reverse the situation, but she felt so angry and helpless, to the point that it was eating her up alive.
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