Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

Chapter 319

Briony stared blankly at her mother, uncertain she'd heard her right.

What was her mother saying?

Lauren had stolen her husband?

Julia's eyes drifted closed, tears slipping from the corners.

She kept murmuring, voice trembling, "Bryn, I'm sorry... I've failed you. I've failed you, sweetheart..."

Briony knelt beside her and gently wiped away her mother's tears.

Her own eyes shimmered with unshed tears, her voice catching. "Mom, I'm here. Don't worry, I promise we'll be okay. Things will get better from now on."

Julia's face twisted with pain. "Bryn, I'm so angry. My whole life, I've been a failure. Why did Lauren have to be my daughter? Why her... why..."

Her words faded to nothing, exhaustion overtaking her.

Briony watched her mother drift into sleep, silent tears streaming down her face.

The gray streaks in Julia's hair, the deep lines at the corners of her eyes-five years in prison, four years missing. Nine years had ground her down, leaving her looking decades older than her forty-something years. Now, she looked closer to seventy than forty.

All her life, Julia had known nothing but suffering.

Briony squeezed her mother's hand. "Rest now, Mom. From here on, I'll be by your side. I won't let you suffer anymore."

Ferdinand and Gina stood at the foot of the bed, their faces heavy with sorrow.

quietly for some time. The adults were so focused

into the

"Mommy...?"

wiping her face and taking a deep breath

were rimmed with red as she gazed up at her mother, searching her

heart. She'd completely forgotten her daughter was there she

afraid. Grandma's just

said softly. She reached out her tiny hand and gently

pressed her lips together, forcing a smile. "No,

her head. "It's okay to cry,

throat tightened, caught between laughter and tears at her daughter's wisdom. "Mommy's just sad

neck,

Don't worry-Dr. Ellsworth

burying her face in the warm,

"I'm not afraid. With you here, Mommy's not afraid of

...

woke, the adults couldn't spare attention

but she was still only four. Briony didn't want her to shoulder

before

Gina and Ferdinand to watch over Nina, then stepped

him everything Julia had

your dad, and Rosita stole your husband?!"

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