A few days later, Barton never called. I thought he was angry, so I quickly called him to apologize for leaving him. However it was the servant who answered the phone. She told me that Barton had been in a serious illness since I left, and his condition never improved. I knew that I was the reason for his sickness.
I quickly picked up my ID and prepared to go to the airport, but Niki just called me. She was leaving for France. When I heard that, I told her that I was going to France also, so I offered to go with her.
“Mom, where are you going?” Frank pulled my sleeve, and his eyes were full of reluctance.
“Mom has something to do and must go somewhere .”
“Then take me with you, I don’t want to go back to having no mother anymore.”
Looking at him like this, I was really distressed. Before Robie could come back, I picked up Frank and went to France. Frank is very clever and he doesn’t cry like most children his age. Robie really educated him very well. When I got off the plane in France, I went straight to the castle and looked at Barton lying in bed. I felt very guilty.
“Barton, I’m back.”
Hearing my voice, Barton slowly opened his eyes. “Abby, is it really you?”
“It’s me, Barton. I heard that you were ill and I came back quickly. How did you become like this?”
“I don’t know. It hurts me to see you go with Robie because I know you don’t have that much feelings for me.”
“It’s not like I didn’t like you, I wanted to come back to see you.”
“Then can you not go back?”
Facing his affectionate eyes in this question, I don’t know how to answer it. If I tell the truth, he will definitely get hurt. Why do they always ask questions that I can’t answer?
“Barton, you’d better close your eyes and sleep. After you wake up, take your medicine, and everything will be fine.” I changed the subject and didn’t want to talk about it anymore.
“Then don’t go anywhere and stay with me, okay?”
“Okay, I’ll be here with you.”
“No, I mean, sleep here beside me because I want to see you when I wake up the next day.” I paused. I know that because of me, he is so weak right now. If I refuse, he will be very sad. I felt guilty. I laid down slowly, I didn’t think much of it, I calmed down myself, and soon fell asleep.
The next day, Barton’s fever had gone away, so I felt relieved and crept out of bed. That’s when he woke up.
“It’s really nice to see you as soon as I open my eyes.”
I looked at him with a smile, “Your fever has gone down.”
“Thank you for taking care of me all night.”
“I feel like this is what I should do. Can I discuss one thing with you?”
I feel uneasy when I think about Frank who is alone in the apartment i rented.
“What is the matter?”
“I want to go back to my apartment. I am worried that my son is alone.”
I saw the doubts in his eyes and knew that this matter could not be concealed from him.
“My child did not die in those days, he was just hidden, so I thought he was gone.”
I saw in his eyes that Barton was very worried about whether I would choose to forgive Robie and go back with him because of this child.
Actually, I envy Niki, a girl with such a great character who is free and unfettered. After she came to France, she stayed in my apartment, but I never saw her. Maybe she went shopping somewhere.
Inside my apartment
Barton rubbed his sleepy eyes, and before he could react, a girl beside him attacked him.
“You bastard, you raped me!”
“What do you mean?”
Barton found himself naked and faced with an angry girl.
It turned out that Niki came to my apartment last night and Barton mistook Niki for me and had sex with her.
“I will definitely tell Abby that you are a complete scum.”
Niki made a big noise, and Barton felt fear if I discovered what he did. Barton had to knock her out and have her taken back to the castle and locked up. Niki was so angry that she never ate or drank, cursing Barton and thinking about how to escape.
I squeezed a glass of juice for both Frank and Robie. Robie asked about Barton and asked me if I want to go back with him again. I answered directly, “Barton is in a serious illness and still not fine, I am afraid …”
Robie interrupted me, “Stop calling him so intimately, I will get jealous.”
“Okay, after all, he is sick because of me. I feel some responsibility
.”
“Then I can’t live without you. Are you responsible for me like this?”
“Stop, I want to say goodbye to him, and then I’ll go back with you.” I said
After thinking about it, Robie agreed, “Okay, but I have to go with you.”
The two of us came to the castle, and I told him to wait outside.
“Barton, I’ve come to say goodbye to you. I’m leaving.”
“Why do you still want to go? Is it because of Robie? ”
“No, I can’t bear to leave my child. After five years, I finally found him. I don’t want to lose him again.”
“If you don’t want to leave him, we can take care of him together.” Hearing this sentence, Robie couldn’t bear it outside and rushed inside directly. As expected, they fight like two childish big boys.
I managed to pull them away to stop their fight.
The next day. After going back, I had decided to come to the castle alone to make a solemn farewell. At that time, I didn’t know Niki was in the castle, so I missed her.
Niki has always been stubborn. During the loss of her freedom, she has been fighting Barton in her own way, and she has not eaten all day. She wanted to escape, but she still had no choice but to stay in this beautiful cage.
Robie and I went back to our old city. While he was driving, there was a figure of a person who followed us in secret but it disappeared.
That person is my stepmother. When she got home, she was very angry with my step-father.
“Your bastard daughter is back.”
“You mean, Abby?” Dad was very surprised.
“Yes. Megan deceived us. She made us believe that Abby was dead.”
Megan was taken to the underground casino by Robie before and she suffered a lot. Now she went crazy. Although she brought it on herself. At this time, I knew nothing about it.
“You must pay for her actions, we can’t fight Robie.” Father scolded Mother with an angry look.
“You are such a waste.”
During the quarrel between them, Megan’s illness broke out again, and she frantically attacked her servant. My mother was very distressed when she saw her. She hugged her and said, “It’s okay, I am here, I won’t let Abby live peacefully. Whoever hurt you must pay the price.”
Megan hasn’t been normal since she came back, and even calling in a doctor won’t help her now.
“Why don’t we send Megan to a mental hospital?” Father said
This sentence provoked my mother, “Are you still human? She is your daughter! Do you want to push her out of your life and let her be laughed at by others?”
After Megan settled down, my mother began to prepare a series of revenge plans.
In the next few days, she followed me all the time however I noticed her. I’ll just ignore her because she didn’t do anything, and I’ll keep pretending that i didn’t notice.