Chapter 655


    Dora told Wyatt everything that had happened between her and Nicole that day.


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    By the end of it, Wyatt had gone pale. “And then? What happened next?”


    Dora kept her smilecent.


    The voice that came from her was mocking. “You know how the saying goes, Wyatt. The devil looks


    after his own. Those people won’t die so easily. When Nicole’s mother was sent to the hospital, even


    the doctor couldn’t believe their eyes. He said that her mother should have long been dead from heart


    disease. How she survived that long was beyond him.”


    Wyatt hesitantly prodded, “So… Nicole made a deal with you for her mother?”


    Dora snorted and looked at him with a self-satisfied smile.


    “Oh, she made things difficult, that’s for sure. She fought me off, dering her undying love for you. But


    that was in the beginning. After all, her mothery dying before her very eyes, and there was nothing


    she could do. She knew I was the only person who could save the poor woman. In the end, she


    changed her mind. Even she would beg for her parent’s life.”


    “So you promised to save her mother in exchange for leaving me.”


    It had no longere out as a question. As the story went on, it became clearer to Wyatt how it would


    end.


    He could almost hear Nicole’s voice as he imagined how she wept, apologizing to him in her mind as


    she pleaded for her mother’s life.


    Nicole was only a child when she lost her father. Her mother was everything to her.


    The news of her mother’s looming death must have torn her apart.


    But in her most desperate moment, Wyatt was nowhere.


    He left her to fend for herself in the midst of her devastation.


    Wyatt felt his chest constrict painfully, guilt and anguish pressing down on his lungs and making it


    difficult to breathe.


    “How could I let her go so easily?” Dora’s face darkened with her next thoughts. “That woman was the


    cause of your ident. Do you have any idea how it felt to see you lying down on that hospital bed? I


    wanted to kill her!”


    Wyatt’s stomach lurched. “Mom, what did you do to her?” he asked even as he feared her answer.


    “I pped her several times and told her to get out. But that didn’t even begin to tame my anger. Later


    on, to save her mother, she knelt outside the gate of our house for the entire night. That finally


    appeased me enough to go outside and ask her to leave you. It was priceless to see her wag her tail


    obediently like a dog. She didn’t even bark anymore. She said that if I helped her, she would never


    appear in front of you again.”


    Wyatt could barely contain his rage after hearing what Nicole had to suffer. “Mom, how could you do


    that to her?”


    “Wyatt, you are my son! I would be dead before I let you fall into the clutches of such a low and inferior


    woman. You had to go through so much because of her. She deserved everything!”


    Dora did not have the slightest ounce of guilt in her conscience. All she could think of was how Wyatt


    had changed because of that vile woman. Her son had never stood up to her until Nicole came into the


    picture.


    Wyatt took two steps backward in disbelief.


    He had always thought that his mother was one of the most elegant and regal women he would ever


    lay eyes on. Dora had supported him through every decision he had made, and he believed it would


    continue to be that way in the future.


    But as he looked at her now, he felt as if he was looking at a stranger. He didn’t recognize the woman


    in front of him—one who had driven a young girl to a corner and struck her relentlessly until she broke.


    Wyatt had been too naive. He had alwaysughed at Maurice and joked about how Earle would force


    Maurice and Eliana apart. Now, it was his turn to face the bitter truth.


    “Mom, you are a horrible person…” he said as he stared at Dora, her image reflected with contempt


    and sorrow in his eyes.


    “I’m horrible? Everything I did was for you!” Dora erupted at his words.


    Wyatt closed his eyes slowly, as if the small act itself pained him. “I’ve heard enough. Now that I know


    the truth, I won’t let you torment her anymore.”


    “And just how are you going to do that?” Dora sneered. “I know you, Wyatt. You wouldn’t have the guts


    to give up everything you’re enjoying now. And that woman is too proud. Even if you try to find her, she


    would nevere back to you.”


    When Wyatt opened his eyes again, they gleamed with determination.


    “You’re wrong, Mom. You don’t know me, and I’m starting to think you never did.”


    With those words, Wyatt left without looking back.


    “Wyatt! If you take one step outside of this house, you can never go back. You are no longer my son!”


    Dora screamed after him.


    Wyatt’s steps did not falter.


    Damn it! This was not how it was supposed to be! It was all that damned woman’s fault.


    Dora burned with rage.


    She snatched her phone and dialed a number.


    Nicole turned her son against her. This time, Dora would make sure that Nicole learned her lesson.