Female Novel
Chapter 377
Chapter 377
Esther, still weak, leaned against the wall to walk out. She saw Felix about to call Bradley and grabbedthe phone from him without a second thought.
“Mommy…” Felix and Sunshine called out, concerned as they looked at Esther’s distressed face.
Esther tightly held the phone and glared at Felix. “Felix, didn’t you promise me you’d never call himagain?”
“But Mommy… Daddy’s… He’s…” Felix couldn’t understand why his father would bully his mother thisfar.
‘Shouldn’t Daddy be protecting Mommy?’ he thought.
“Mommy, why would Felix’s Daddy bully you?” Sunshine asked, her heart breaking at the sight ofEsther’s sadness. She grabbed her hand and gently asked, “Is it because he doesn’t love you?”
“Love?” Esther muttered. An unconcealable tinge of sadness filled her expression.
‘That’s right,’ she thought. ‘He doesn’t love me. Everything he’s done in the past was because hedoesn’t love me.’
Esther said, “You’re both still children, so you wouldn’t understand something this complicated yet.”
As a mother, she didn’t want Felix involved in adult strife. If she brought him into her world. without hispermission, she would never be able to give him the childhood he deserved. In fact, she would cast himinto a never-ending abyss of trauma.
“Mommy, I’m not a child. I’m a little man now, so I’ll protect you,” Felix proclaimed.novelbin
Felix’s eyes were red with anger. He had listened to the voice recording and knew that his fatherwanted his mother to beg for mercy.
‘Mommy hasn’t done anything wrong, so why should she have to beg him for anything?’ he wondered.
“You’re such a wonderful son, Felix,” Esther said.
Esther held Felix and Sunshine’s hands. “I’m so glad you want to protect me,” she said. “But I can takecare of myself, and I want you to take care of yourselves, too. My only wish is for you to eat well, growup strong, and be able to protect yourselves.”
“But Mommy, Daddy’s bullying you…” Felix said, his voice childishly fierce.
“Felix, I’m feeling a little unwell at the moment. Could you be a good boy and let me rest for a while?”Esther asked.
She felt both sour and bitter inside when she heard what Felix said.
‘He already knows Bradley’s bullying me despite his age. Does Bradley really not know it?’ shewondered.
‘No,’ she thought. ‘He knows… He just doesn’t care! He doesn’t care about anything that
happens to me. He doesn’t care about my feelings, he doesn’t care about my innocence, nor does hecare what kind of harm his actions will do to my life.’
Sunshine suggested, “Okay, you go get some rest, Mommy. I’ll take Felix with me and not disturb youanymore,”
She forcefully grabbed Felix’s hand and tiptoed out of the room.
“I want to be with Mommy, she’s unhappy right now,” Felix said, still furious.
Sunshine gently knocked Felix on the forehead and fiercely said, “You idiot, Mommy’s
unhappy right now because of your Daddy. You being in front of her right now will only make it evenworse.”
“But I…” Felix was at a loss for words.