novelxo Chapter 1487
Twenty days... It had been twenty days....
Twenty days flew past since Vanessa last saw Julien. Larry also had not come by the hospital to see Lawrie after that day. Even the rumors about Vanessa online had gradually faded away. The netizens were interested in other news now and no one paid Vanessa any attention anymore.
Vanessa's life was as peaceful as it used to be. It was as if the things that had happened to her in the past few days had never happened at all.
Before this, Vanessa still had a bit of hope that Julien would occasionally come to the hospital to visit Lawrie and herself. However, as the days went by, she slowly gave up on this idea and told herself to stop hoping.
Before the incident, she had already mentally prepared herself for this - that sooner or later, Julien would leave her. However, now that it was actually happening, she was troubled by sadness. After all, Julien was the man she had once loved wholeheartedly. She once thought of spending the rest of her life with him.
But all that was in the past now.
When Lawrie was done with his infusion, the nurse was about to remove the needle from the back of his hand when she realized something. "Lawrie, I've never seen you cry during this process. You're the bravest child I've ever met. Tell me, why are you so awesome?"
Hearing the beautiful nurse's praise, Lawrie threw himself into Vanessa's arms, face red from shyness. He said softly, "Mommy..."
Vanessa held his small body and stroked his little head. She smiled and encouraged him. "Lawrie, the nurse is praising you. Just tell her what you want to say. Don't be shy."
Lawrie was sensitive and introverted for many reasons. He was not very good at communicating with strangers and would have his guard high up around them most of the time. It was his belief that anyone who showed up before he and his mother may be someone who was there to take her away. Therefore, he preferred not to talk too much to the nurse cared for him.
Lawrie looked at Vanessa. After hearing Vanessa encouraging him, Lawrie looked at the nurse and very seriously answered the nurse's question, "Because I am a boy and boys don't cry easily. I don't want my Mommy to worry about me."
The nurse praised him again, "Lawrie, you're so thoughtful at such a young age. How wonderful."
Lawrie did not speak again. Vanessa guided him patiently. "Lawrie, are you a polite child?"
Lawrie nodded.
Vanessa asked again, "Then what should you do after receiving a compliment?"
Lawrie was not great at interacting with strangers, but to avoid making his Mommy sad, he finally gave in and said, "Thank you."
"Why, you're welcome. You're a really great kid," the nurse emphasized again as she collected the infusion bag. "Miss Love, Lawrie's transfusion is done for today. Get him to rest early tonight and please call us if you need anything."
"Sure," Vanessa saw the nurse out, wanting to ask more about Lawrie's condition. Unexpectedly, a woman suddenly rushed over and hugged Vanessa. She burst into tears and said, "Vanessa, I've been looking for you for so long. I finally found you."
"Let go!" Vanessa wanted to shove the plump woman who clutching her away. However, she was not able to because the woman was much larger in size. Extremely angered, Vanessa yelled, "Fiona, I asked you to let go. Are you deaf?"
The woman was Fiona, Vanessa's greatly despised stepmother.
When Fiona was in the process of seducing Vanessa's father back then, she was considered by many to be a beautiful woman with a great figure and gorgeous looks. After joining the Love family, her maliciousness gradually revealed itself, and she slowly became uglier with each passing year.
Fiona held Vanessa tightly and did not let go. She said, with tears in her eyes, "Vanessa, I shouldn't have stopped you from being with the man you love, but look at him... He left with you after getting you pregnant... Alright, let's not talk about this. What's important is that you've worked hard to raise the child on your own. Vanessa, it's not that I'm stopping you from looking for a man, I just hope that whichever man you're with really loves you. Do you understand?"
This woman was extremely irritating! Vanessa's blood was boiling with so much anger that she stamped hard on the back of Fiona's foot. "Fiona, take your dirty hands off me. Don't touch me and you can stop this act of yours. What are you trying to do?"
Fiona was wearing sandals and it hurt when Vanessa stepped on her. She was in so much pain that she finally loosened her grip on Vanessa. Before letting her go, she made sure to lean in close and whispered in Vanessa's ear. "Well naturally, I'm putting up this act for a specific audience."
After whispering to Vanessa, she went back to her act. "My dear daughter, why are you so stubborn? You're already a mother. You should understand how much a mother worries for her child." "Pooh..." Vanessa could not wait to be rid of Fiona. She pointed to the door and shouted, "Get out of here! Now! I don't want to see you ever again."
How could there be such a shameless woman in this world? She had done so many insane things in the past few years, but she was acting like a kind, caring mother now? Those who did not know of the context well may easily mistake her for being an unfilial daughter.
Sure enough, as Vanessa expected, all the passers-by stopped and began to stare.
Someone said, "Look at them, what a shame."
Another said, "Her mother cares about her so much but she still insists on treating her like this. How can a person be so shameless. She'd better die."
Hearing these harsh comments, Vanessa saw the complacency in Fiona's eyes. Fiona had achieved what she wanted. In the past, Fiona had used the exact same method to force Vanessa's mother to leave.
In the past, Vanessa's mother had lost this vile game of deceit. There was no way Vanessa was going to let Fiona win this time.
Vanessa turned around and glared at the onlookers. "What do you guys know? Tell me, what exactly do you guys know?"
The people were shocked and left speechless.
Vanessa sneered, "Well, weren't you all having a very lively discussion about our lives just now? Why stop?"
Everyone took a step back.
Vanessa added, "You don't know anything. Who gave you the right to judge and blame others for what you just saw? Do you know how many people in the world have been forced to death because of your self-righteous accusations?"