On top of that, Kyle had snuck out to be with her.
“Don’t worry, Mommy. Daddy won’t find us!”
Juan tried to comfort Nicole, upon seeing her preoccupied expression.
Kyle, who was moving some things in, was stunned to hear Juan address Nicole in such a manner.
“What did you just call her?” His clear eyes looked at both Juan and Nicole, unblinkingly.
Nicole was at a loss for words. She was not expecting Kyle to have overheard that so coincidentally.
Juan stuck out his tongue. He was the one who had failed to notice the faux pas.
However, if he found out, then he would. Kyle would have discovered the truth eventually anyway.
Juan looked back at Kyle, saying, “I had called her ‘Mommy’. She’s our Mommy.”
“Mommy?” Kyle looked at Nicole uncertainly.
Nicole felt nervous, unsure of how Kyle would react next. She fixed her gaze on him, and uttered, “I’m so sorry, Kyle!”
“You… really are my Mommy?”
Nicole nodded vigorously.
“Then why did you abandon me? Was it because I was sick? Were you tired of me? Did you not want me anymore?” Kyle was agitated.
“Kyle, Mommy had no choice. Mommy had to raise four kids on her own…” she trailed off, but regained her composure soon. “Mommy didn’t leave you behind on purpose. I have wronged you!”
Kyle was stunned.
All these years, he had often dreamt of seeing ‘Mommy’ in his dreams, holding her hands, before asking her, “Why did you abandon me?”Why did she not want him?
The desire for maternal love and inferiority from her abandonment had tortured him day and night.
Thinking of this, he clenched his fists. However, the tears could not stop falling.
Seeing him crying, Nicole was so distressed that she had wanted to hug him. When she stood up, she did so too abruptly and nearly fell.
“Mommy, are you okay?” asked Juan, concerned.
“I’m alright,” affirmed Nicole. Instantly, her gaze fell upon Kyle again.
Kyle stood there blankly, not knowing what to make of the situation.
Juan knew what Nicole was thinking, and hence, he walked up to Kyle.
“Mommy loves you very much. She didn’t leave you on purpose. Don’t blame Mommy, okay?”
Having seen that Kyle was still silent, Juan pressed on, “To treat your illness, she went through extreme lengths to see you at Hillside Villa. She was scared that Daddy would recognize her, refusing to allow you to see her. She had also hurt her foot, trying to rescue you! Kyle, Mommy loves you very much!”
Kyle recalled the first time that he had met Dr. Tussaud. She was disguised, with a birthmark on her face. It was very ugly.
To avoid being discovered by his father, she had disguised herself in such a manner to save him.
He also thought of all the times that she had protected him, not hesitating to lock horns with his Daddy.
She had hurt her foot, just to rescue him. She ate dessert with him, brought him to the playground.
She does love me after all, thought Kyle.
He was not an abandoned child, despised and unloved. Mommy loved him.
Kyle walked towards Nicole, step by step. He grabbed her hand, sobbing, while calling out, “Mommy!”
Upon saying the word, he could not stop his tears from falling. It was as if he was letting out all the grief and pain that he had accumulated over the years.
Nicole pulled him into her arms, saying, “Kyle, Mommy’s the one at fault here. I’ll do more for you, and I’ll compensate for all the time lost!”
Seeing that Kyle and Mommy were reunited, Juan was overjoyed.
Nicole wiped Kyle’s tears and murmured, “Listen, everyone. Kyle is your older brother. You need to be there for each other, understand?”
Kyle was older?
Juan stuck out his tongue playfully. He did not expect to be a younger brother instead.
“Kyle!” they shouted in unison.
Kyle was happy to be a part of the flock. He now had siblings!
Nicole watched the four children play, with a smile of relief on her face.
She suddenly felt that giving birth to the four of them was the best decision that she had made.
When Kyle lived with Nicole for a few days, he received daily sessions of acupuncture and moxibustion. With the aid of traditional medicine, Kyle was on the road to recovery.
One day, Evan’s financial interview was being broadcasted on television. Kyle stared directly at the TV screen, feeling his eyes water.
His father had lost quite a bit of weight.
“Do you miss Daddy?” asked Juan, looking at him.
Kyle nodded, “I want to go back.”
“You want to live with Daddy?” queried Juan.
“If I’m not there, Daddy will be lonely. I’ll go and stay with him for a few days.”
“Of course! When Daddy and Mommy live together, our family will be whole again!”
Kyle looked at Juan and affirmed, “We’ll work hard to get them together.”
“I second that. Shall we work together then?”
“Yes!”
The two looked at each other and smiled, after which, Kyle told Nicole that he had wanted to go home.
“Kyle, Mommy understands that you want to go back. You’ve already made a full recovery! After you do, tell your father that you should already be in kindergarten,” urged Nicole.
Kyle nodded enthusiastically. He was very willing to go to kindergarten.
It would be best if I could attend my kindergarten with Juan, he thought. Then we can meet every day!
When Evan drove his Maybach back to the villa, Blake greeted him. He was overjoyed.
“Mr. Seet, good news! Kyle has returned!”
Evan looked at him with surprise. He suspected that he had misheard Blake.
“You said Kyle…” He barely had time to finish his sentence when he heard Kyle yell, “Daddy!”
Evan turned around. When he saw Kyle, it felt as though the sun had come back into his life.
All these days, with Kyle absent, he had become seemingly lifeless.
He had even mobilized all of Seet Group to search for his son’s whereabouts, but to no avail.
“Where have you been?” he asked Kyle urgently.
“Daddy, I went to get medical treatment, and I am well now. Mommy said that I can go to kindergarten.”
“Mommy?”
Kyle had already found out.
Evan looked him in the eyes, his expression complicated.
“I know that Dr. Tussaud is my Mommy. Don’t blame her, Daddy, she is very good to me,” persuaded Kyle.
This wretched woman! After all this, she still sent Kyle back. She is still trying to use him to get to me!
“Kyle, that woman is not your Mommy. You are to stay away from her, and to never see her again!”
Every word that Evan spoke was clearly enunciated, and he looked at Kyle like he was issuing commands.
“She is my Mommy,” whispered Kyle.
“No means no!”
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.