What if, when her memory returned, she hurt Roderick and
Kevin again because of Edward?
As her thoughts grew more chaotic, she stumbled and fell hard
onto the floor.
“Mommy!”
Kevin cried out as he dashed inside, his face drained of color.
Sitting on the floor in confusion, Madeleine looked up. “Baby,
what are you doing here?”
After coming home from work, she had played with her son for
a while and shared a small meal. When he had gone off quietly
to draw, she slipped into the dance room.
Kevin crouched down and blew gently on her foot.
“Mommy, does it hurt?”
“Nope. I’m fine.”
Warmth spread through her chest, all her earlier frustration and
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unease melting away in his presence.
In truth, Kevin had been watching the doorway for a long time.
This was his first time seeing his mother dance, and he had
been so stunned that even his jaw dropped.
When she fell, he couldn’t hold back and cried out.
“Mommy, you dance so well, just like a fairy.”
His eyes sparkled as he looked at her with absolute
seriousness.
Madeleine laughed aloud. “Really? Thank you, sweetheart.”
“But Mommy… you don’t look very happy.”
His perception startled her.
“Why? I’m happy.”
“Liar.” Kevin shook his head. “Your eyes don’t have sparkles in
them anymore.”
Her baby boy was observant. Madeleine couldn’t help but
marvel at it.
She stroked his head, falling silent for a long time.
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“Baby.” She gathered her courage and suddenly asked, “If one
day I had to leave you, what would you do?”
At once, Kevin’s pupils trembled violently, his face crumpling as
if it were the end of the world.
Madeleine felt a pang in her heart when she saw the sorrow on
her son’s face.
For a four–year–old, the question was far too cruel.
But she had to prepare him for it.
She still remembered Roderick’s words from before. If the
“woman” that once possessed her body were to return, Kevin
would never be able to accept it.
If that day came, she would rather Roderick drive that woman
out.
Leaving this home would be the best choice for both him and
their child.
“Mommy.”
Kevin reached out to hug her, his voice choked with tears, as
though he was struggling to hold back his emotions.
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“I don’t want you to leave.”
He couldn’t understand. His mother had finally become so kind
and warm. Why would she want to leave again?
Had he done something wrong to upset her?
But she looked as though she did love him…
“Sweetheart.” She softened her voice, as gentle as when she
lulled him to sleep. “I was only saying that it could happen.
Like… like when the weather forecast says it might rain
tomorrow.”
Kevin blinked his watery eyes, tiny teardrops clinging to his
lashes.
“But I don’t like rain.”
Madeleine couldn’t help laughing, though her nose stung. “I
don’t like it either. But sunshine and rain follow the laws of
nature, just like birth, aging, and death. We all have to
experience them.“.
The little one listened quietly. He didn’t fully understand her
words, but he trusted his mommy.
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Madeleine sighed inwardly. She couldn’t lie to him, yet she
couldn’t place the cruelty of the adult world on the shoulders of
a four–year–old either.
“Mommy.”
Kevin quickly changed the subject. “Tomorrow’s the weekend.
Do you still remember what you have promised me?”
Madeleine blinked before recalling that yesterday, when she
had forgotten to pick him up, she had promised to take him to
the amusement park on the weekend.
“Of course.”
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