Chapter 498
Since Agatha had planned on switching one of the babies, she would, of course, switch out the bad one.
But because the enlightened shaman had already passed away, she had no way of determining which of the twins was the en called wicked one. She could only rely on her instincts.
Normally, when giving birth to twins, the first one was supposed to be more painful. However, when Timothy was born, Agatha hadn’t felt any pain at all. But when it was Irvin’s turn, she had been in so much pain that she had felt as though she was dying
Irvin had caused her so much pain. He hadn’t even spared Agatha, even though she was his mother.
She had recalled the shaman saying the evil twin would be a menace. Hence, she concluded Irvin had to be the prophesied one and had him swapped for a baby girl.
And now, from where she was standing, Agatha genuinely believed she had made the right choice.
Her beloved Timothy had sacrificed his life to save Irvin, a brother whom he had never met. Meanwhile, Irvin was capable of being so heartless.
Indignant, Agatha said, “You wanted to know why I switched you with the Sawyers‘ daughter back then? Fine, I’ll tell you! I did it because you were born evil! Someone like you…”
She went on, explaining how an enlightened shaman had declared one of her children would be born evil. She also told Irvin she had decided he was the wicked one because of how much pain she had been in when giving birth to him.
After listening to her explanation, Irvin couldn’t help laughing incredulously again. He felt everything in his life really was too absurd.
He had been abandoned and swapped out at birth because a so–called enlightened shaman’s divination had influenced Agatha to make a pain–based, arbitrary decision.
Then, a thought occurred to him. Looking at Agatha, Irvin asked, “Did my mother know you switched her child?”
The mother he was referring to was Lizzie, Phillip’s wife.
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