Love Letters, Divorce Papers (Jared and Amber) novel Chapter 970

“Really?” Trenton Gardner paused his chopsticks in surprise.

“Yeah,” Mrs. Gardner looked worried, “It’s been a while, and I haven’t told you about it. You’re not well, and I didn’t want you to worry about it, so I kept it a secret. I thought Makayla would get better, but it’s been so long, and she’s lost a lot of weight.”

As a mother, she should be distressed to see her daughter like this.

But strangely, she didn’t. She felt no pain for her daughter, who was depressed and wasting away every day.

She knew that as a mother, she was wrong to have this idea.

But she just couldn’t.

It was just that as a mother, she still had to care.

Though she could not feel much affection for her, in any case, this daughter, after all, was the one she had been looking forward to more than 20 years who just to returned to her side.

Even if she didn’t like her, she would take on her responsibilities as a mother.

Oddly enough, she really didn’t have much emotion when it came to Makayla. Clearly, she was the daughter that she had always remembered in her heart and always owed. When she came back to her, she should have pampered her more. Her head told her she should.

But practically, she just couldn’t do it. She simply had little affection for this daughter. However, every time she looked at her daughter’s childhood photos, her love was about to overflow again.

It was a situation she couldn’t even understand.

Or did she always love her daughter when she was a child, not when she grew up?

How could it be possible?

Mrs. Gardner thought it didn’t make any sense.

Wasn’t the daughter the same person when she was little or when she was grown up?

Could her love disappear when her daughter grew up?

It didn’t make any sense, and she really didn’t know why.

So, she kept her strange feelings bottled up and never showed them, afraid Makayla would be upset to see how little affection her mother had for her.

For a moment, Mrs. Gardner’s mind wandered.

Trenton Gardner wondered what she was thinking, handed her a dish, and then said, “I think Makayla was acting like this because of what happened in the hospital room.”

Mrs. Gardner paused and asked, “You mean, what I said in your room at Amber’s press conference?”

“Yes.” Trenton Gardner nodded, “That time, we suspected Amber was Makayla, and then you said that when Makayla came back, you didn’t have much love for her. When Makayla heard those words, she ran away sadly. It took us a long time to cheer her up. I guess she was in a better mood and seemed to be fine, but she was still thinking about it, and that’s why she had these nightmares.”

Mrs. Gardner frowned, “But it’s been so long, I thought she was over it. I didn’t think she’d remember it the whole time.”

Trenton Gardner patted her hand on the back, “I understand. Makayla had been separated from us for more than 20 years, and when she finally came home, she heard her parents wondering if someone else was the real daughter. And as a mother, you don’t really have any feelings for Makayla, so it’s natural that she would overthink about it. I’m afraid she’s still wondering if she shouldn’t have come back.”

When Mrs. Gardner heard this, she knew she was wrong, so she sighed, “Honey, do you think I should go to see a psychologist? I don’t know why. I just don’t have a lot of feelings for Makayla. I was hoping she was alive. But when she came back, I…”

Mrs. Gardner looked at her hands and wondered about herself, “Honey, do you think I’m sick?”

Trenton Gardner looked at her.

To be honest, he didn’t quite understand his wife’s point of view either.

But he knew his wife, and there was nothing wrong with her.

As to why she acted this way with Makayla, Trenton Gardner attributed it to his wife not getting used to Makayla’s return.

With that in mind, Trenton Gardner comforted Mrs. Gardner in the same way.