Just before they left, I caught the glint of triumph in Kelly’s eyes, as if she were silently saying, "See? He still chooses me in the end."
After patching up my wounds, I threw myself into my mother’s arms and sobbed uncontrollably. I had endured too much over the years.
I had kept all the bitterness, the betrayal, the loneliness buried deep inside my heart with no one to confide in. However now, my mother, Madam Luxton was awake. I was no longer alone. I finally had someone I could lean on again.
“Mom.” I choked out through my tears, “Let me take you to the Gaul Nation, okay? I’ve paid off all our debts. We can leave this place for good and never look back.”
My mother raised her arm with difficulty and caressed my face. “Wherever you go, Janey, I’ll follow.”
That very day, I made all the arrangements. I filed the paperwork to transfer my mother to a hospital in the Gaul Nation and hired professional caretakers to accompany her on the flight.
Everything was finally falling into place. For the first time in what felt like forever, I could breathe.
However, on my way back to the hospital to meet her, something went wrong. The taxi driver did not follow the usual route.