The Day I Kissed An Older Man novel Chapter 1813

Lilin skipped out the ward hand-in-hand with Melinda.

Only Corinne and Emily remained in the ward, looking at each other shyly.

Emily was the first to break the silence. She smiled gently and said, "Moonie, do you still…remember me?"

Corinne stared at Emily silently.

Emily sighed with self-blame. "I'm sorry for leaving you all alone for so many years. I'm so sorry…"

As Emily's tears fell, Corinne's eyes reddened as well. She shifted her gaze to Emily's bandaged forearm and asked, "How did you get hurt? Is the wound serious?"

Emily was taken aback. She glanced at her own forearm and shook her head. "It's nothing serious."

Corinne looked into Emily's eyes. Her emotions were complex and bitter. She was not a child anymore, and it also seemed that it was no longer suitable for her to throw herself into her mother's arms carefreely.

"Why did you disappear when Missus Addison called me out to meet you two days ago? Were you avoiding me?" asked Corinne in a trembling voice.

Emily quickly shook her head. "No, no! Moonie, why would I want to avoid you? I just felt ashamed because I hadn't done what a mother should do and didn't know how to face you!"

Corinne's eyes turned even redder. "Why… Why did you leave me alone back then? Why didn't you come back for me? I…I've been waiting for you!"

Emily's tears kept falling. "I didn't mean to… Someone was after me, and I thought keeping you with me would be too risky. That was why I left you in Marvin's care for a while to keep you safe. After the danger had passed, I went back to find you. I swear I did! But Marvin told me you had died from an illness. He even gave me your ashes, and I thought... I thought I had lost you forever."

'I knew it! Mom would've never abandoned me because she doesn't want me!' Corinne thought to herself. For so many years, she firmly believed that her mother never abandoned her, so she never gave up searching for her.

Corinne scoffed. "That doesn't make a difference to me."

Emily did not want to burden her kids with the grievances of the previous generation.

"Moonie, Lucas was just a child back then. There was nothing he could do, so we shouldn't blame him."

Corinne looked at Emily. "You don't want me to settle scores with the Riveras?"

Emily smiled wryly. "There's no score to settle. It's been so many years, and I don't want to bring up those bothersome matters again. I came back this time because Melinda told me she saw someone who looked a lot like my daughter. It's been my plan all along to go back to Molomia after I found you. I'm going to let bygones be bygones."

Corinne frowned. "So you're saying you're going to leave me again?"