Beyond the Divorce

My mom immediately answered, "Yes, I remember clearly, he was very tall and skinny. I heard him say, 'Send someone to watch over this girl! She knows me, and if she wakes up, it'll be over. That brat has been looking for her and he doesn't know if she's still alive or dead.""

I was anxious. I knew that the little girl she described was me. These were fragments of memories I hadn't erased.

The tall and skinny man she mentioned should be the man who took me away after I was thrown out of the car.

I was about to say his name, but my mom continued, "The most crucial thing is, he also said, 'if it doesn't work out, we can only give her a sleeping injection after checking her injuries and take her away! Find a place to hide her, but we must not let any word slip out!"" I involuntarily looked at Atlas, only to see his face darken significantly.

Atlas lowered his gaze to me, and we said in unison, "Clark Norton!"

My dad continued, "When Moira returned from the hospital to tell me about this, I thought this girl must have a secret on her just like our daughter. Your mom then came up with a bold idea to take you away."

I looked at my mom, and she said, "It was just an idea at the time, but we were determined to steal you away no matter what."

took too long! In a moment of desperation, she turned around and poured a chemical solution from

looked at my mom, "So that's how you got the

she nod, looking

wrinkled scars all across her

would casually reply that it was from a burn when she was younger. Whenever I asked how she got burned, she

turned out it was to save me. From the hideous scar, it must have been a severe injury at

assumed it was a genuine injury, so they hurried us to the hospital. Then, Moira saw that man paying the medical staff and nurses to have the little girl's hospital records

like he wanted to take the child away so she took the initiative. She quietly

man noticed the child was missing, a group of people from the hospital came to inquire about the

came?" I looked at

grandmother's house!" Atlas said, "Because according to the timeline, by that time, people from my

that time, the child hadn't fully regained consciousness. We bought tickets to Norward with false identities