Reborn, Reawakened, Rekindled

Chapter 382

“Didn’t Neil go back to Rosemont? Did Karina’s scheme fall through?” I could then talk about Neil as casually as if we were discussing the latest gossip about a

friend.

“How did you know?” Stella asked in a surprised manner.

“I was at the hospital for a postnatal check-up earlier. The doctor knows Karina, and I overheard their conversation,” I explained truthfully.

Stella clicked her tongue. “You and Neil must have been sworn enemies in a past life. You’ve moved all this way and still can’t seem to escape him.”

I had to agree with her; in my past life, I had held a deep grudge against Neil. I had refused to divorce him, nearly preventing him from marrying his true love.

Our conversation was cut short when Stella’s baby started crying.

When I arrived home, I could hear Brandon crying. My father was desperately trying to soothe him but to no avail. I quickly took over, and my father sank into the couch, clutching his back as if in pain.

“Dad, are you okay?” I asked worriedly. He was in his sixties, and his health wasn’t as robust as it used to be.

“Just an old ailment,” he sighed, “I’m old. But now that I have two grandchildren; I have no regrets in life.”

His health wasn’t great. His back especially wasn’t great since he used to sit in an office all day. My mother, on the other hand, had a heart condition and couldn’t exert herself too much.

If it wasn’t for Russel’s tireless efforts, I might not have been able to manage both kids on my own.

to him. So, I planned to hire a couple of housekeepers and a nanny to share the

parents trusted him so much that they had given him the codes for all the locks in

he had a suitcase with him, “I need to go back to Rosemont for about a week.”

happened?” my mother asked. Even I could tell that Russel didn’t look good.

My dad’s just not feeling well, and I need to go check on him.” Russel tried to reassure

had only exacerbated their issues. But blood is thicker than water,

him. As we age, health issues are inevitable. Spend some time with him.” My father patted Russel’s shoulder and sighed, “Russel, you’re a good kid. And we I know how

knew the pressure Russel was under for me. And they knew

can’t be forced, and I was hesitant to

didn’t respond to my father’s words; he was quite stubborn in

looked at me. And I felt compelled to

and then he left, as we watched him go.

knowing look. They knew I was unaware of my good fortune, but

passed away, and there was his father, Samuel Dawson, and the rest of the Dawson family’s elders. I didn’t think I was charming enough to win their favor unless the kids I had were actually Russel’s. I couldn’t imagine what kind of scandal it would have caused if I, a divorced woman with two children, were to

was busier without Russel around. I realized how great he was with the kids. Serena and Brandon

my parents were able to help. So, I wasn’t too

“Ding dong!”

kids’ diapers, the doorbell rang. My

I heard Stella’s loud

Serena and Brandon. Their wide-eyed

was spacious. With Stella and Mitch’s family of five, Barbara’s family of three, Alicia Rider, and Cooper Clarke, the house was suddenly

Serena and Brandon, “They’re so cute! Even more so than my kids! Rena, how

free love?” I replied with a chuckle. It had been almost a year since I previously saw Stella. So, seeing her