Chapter 50: Mommy, I’m Sorry!


    Nora was as pale as a sheet.


    She thought back to the day five years ago when she went into earlybor…


    She could remember very clearly that she was in a private clinic at that time. The white walls were


    peeling and it was very dim in the delivery room. There were only a doctor and a nurse, and they looked


    very unprofessional.


    Sheid on the cold delivery bed without even a shred of dignity.


    She didn’t remember the pain ofbor anymore. All she remembered was the restless little hand that


    peeked out of the nket wrapped around her son when her father took him away.


    It was so small… as though just the size of her finger.


    She had wanted to get up and take her child back, but her belly started to act up again.


    The amniotic fluid in her water bag was almost gone. If she halted thebor process, then the child who


    was still in her belly would suffocate to death…


    Nora felt as if all the air in her chest had been sucked away and she couldn’t breathe.


    She had chosen her daughter over her son!


    Over the years, she had made countless phone calls to Henry and pleaded with him many times.


    However, he had never relented and told her anything. To be honest, she had vaguely already guessed


    as much deep down in her heart that…


    Perhaps her son was already dead.


    Otherwise, why would he still refuse to reveal the boy’s whereabouts after the Grays had agreed to annul


    the engagement? This was also the reason why she hadn’t immediately used a listening device on Henry


    when she returned to the States.


    She was afraid of hearing a result that she didn’t want to hear.


    She had ultimately still held a glimmer of hope.


    She also knew very well that the reason why Cherry, a vain and pretentious little princess, had suddenly


    bought a lot of boys’ clothing and sometimes pretended to be a boy was actually to cheer her up and


    take away a bit of her pain when she missed her son.


    She looked at her tearful daughter in front of her. When she heard what Pete said, she forced a smile


    and choked up as she said, “You don’t have tofort me, Cherry…”


    Pete was badly frightened. The boy, who had been quiet and calm since he was a baby, was crying so


    badly that his face was covered in tears.


    Mommy was as pale as a sheet, and her usually calm eyes were filled with despair and emptiness. Tears


    were rolling down her cheeks uncontrobly and her smile looked so tragic. She seemed as if she was


    going to copse and pass out the next moment…


    He panicked, utterly so.


    He grabbed Nora’s hand and shouted, “Mommy, I’m not lying! I’m Pete! I’m Peter Hunt, not Cherry! I’m


    not Cheryl Smith!”


    “Mommy, I’m sorry! I shouldn’t have kept it a secret from you!”


    “Mommy, look at me! I’m Pete!”


    “I was wrong. I won’t do it anymore… Sob…”


    His shouts made Nora’s eyes gradually regain focus and her rationality gradually returned to her. She


    looked at Pete. “What… did you say?”


    She found his ims incredulous, yet Cherry’s various entricities during the recent period of time


    started to surface in her mind.


    For example, Cherry had suddenly stopped ying games and started to read.


    For example, Cherry would asionally speak a lot less and be a lot quieter.


    And, for example, when Cherry spoke fluent Arabic downstairs just now…


    Everything in front of her became vague and surreal, and for a moment, Nora couldn’t tell whether this


    was a dream or reality…


    With her eyes filled with confusion, she asked, “Really?”


    “Mommy, it’s true.” Pete put his arms around her waist. With his little face raised, he said, “My younger


    sister and I look exactly the same, but I grew up in New York. My name is Peter Hunt and my father is


    Justin Hunt!”


    Nora stared at him. “Where’s Cherry, then?”


    Seeing that she didn’t seem to believe him, Pete, who was afraid that his mother would return to that


    state earlier, gritted his teeth and said, “Mommy,e with me!”


    He held Nora’s hand with his own little hand and the two of them went downstairs.


    Downstairs, Sheena was still ranting, “She may be a child, but she sure talks big! Eightnguages? She


    probably just learned a phrase so that she could brag to others, right? And, how dare she look down on


    Lena’s second-ce victory? Hah, why doesn’t she try showing us a third-ce victory, then?!”


    “… That’s enough!” The elderly Mrs. Anderson mmed the white cane she was holding against the


    floor. “She’s your sister’s one and only daughter! She’s already quite the poor thing—”


    At once, Sheena suddenly screamed, “Uh-huh, she’s quite the poor thing, and so is my sister. But what


    about me?! If she hadn’t run away from home and ended up being rumored to have eloped, would the


    Andersons’ reputation have been this terrible?! Neither would my ex-fiancé have broken off our


    engagement! How much ridicule did we endure because of her back then?!”


    Melissa heaved a deep sigh. To be honest, everyone loved Nora’s mother deeply; that was why they


    were so upset with her. Sheena had been so proud of her sister back then…


    She was about to console Sheena when she heard someoneing down the stairs.


    She turned to see Nora and Cherrying down.


    She asked, “It’ste, Nora. Where are the two of you going?”


    Pete was very anxious, so he didn’t answer.


    Nora was as though a soulless puppet at the moment, so she didn’t answer, either.


    The two left the living room.


    A look of confusion came over Melissa’s countenance. Mrs. Anderson, who couldn’t see, asked


    anxiously, “What’s the matter? Did Nora leave? Was it because of Sheena? Sheena, get Nora back here!


    If she leaves, then you can forget about evering back here to see me!”


    Sheena was also dumbfounded. Her sharp and fierce expression cracked, but she nevertheless curled


    her lip and scoffed, “She can leave if she wants to. I’d instead show more admiration for her if she


    doesn’t rely on the Andersons!”


    Melissa panicked. She said, “Sheena, Nora has never once said that she intends to rely on us. She’s a


    doctor! She can support herself! If you don’t like her, then you cane back less often in the future!”


    She went after Nora after saying that.


    Unfortunately, the moment she went out, Nora had already started the car and disappeared from the


    porch in the blink of an eye.


    In the car.


    Little Pete sat in the passenger seat. With his seat belt buckled, he pointed the way with the help of his


    cell phone. “Turn right… Turn left at the third intersection…”


    He knew Mommy was scared and needed to see that there were two children before she could feel at


    ease.


    He couldn’t continue to hide it anymore.


    Nora stayed silent and drove seriously.


    Half an hourter, the car arrived at a viplex.


    Security at the gates was brisk and they refused to let them in, but the moment the guard saw Pete, he


    immediately greeted him respectfully. “Wee back, Mr. Hunt.”


    ‘Mr. Hunt’…


    Nora, who had a stern look on her face, stared intently ahead of her.


    She had already calmed down on the way here. She also believed most of what Pete said, but the fear


    and panic of losing her son led to her having to see both children in front of her with her own two eyes


    before she could feel at ease.


    The guards gave them clearance and she drove into the viplex.


    “Mommy, go to Vi No. 8.”


    Nora obediently stopped the car at Vi No. 8’s entrance. She staggered out of the car and knocked on


    the door.


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    Ding-dong!


    The doorbell rang. A few secondster, someone opened the door. Cherry’s adorable little head popped


    out and she asked cutely, “Who… Mommy?!”


    Justin’s voice followed closely after. “Who’s at the door, Pete?”