Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 16 She’s Trying to Run Away

Brendan punched a wall when Deirdre was sent to the hospital. He punched it so hard that he began bleeding from his knuckles, yet the anger in his heart was not

vented.

‘Run away? Why is she still trying to run away?

She wanted to entrap me with the child two years ago. She was so loving and unwilling to part with me at the time, so what changed?

‘What the heck happened!’

“Brendan! Are you alright?” Charlene came rushing over and held his hand when she saw the blood on his knuckles. She instructed a nurse to bring over a bandaid.“ You’re not even concerned that your hand is bleeding. What’s the matter?”

“I’m fine.” Brendan pulled back his hand. “Why are you here?”

Charlene would never reveal that Steven had called to

notify her, of course. She made up an excuse and said, ” My friend, who was having a checkup at the hospital, saw you and notified me.”

glance at Deirdre, who was receiving a transfusion in the ward. “Is

impatient because his anger was still not vented. Therefore, he said, “Something happened to her and

not to seem overly concerned but she was having trouble maintaining the

find the sight of her disgusting.

answered with a

filled with tears ever so slightly. “Brendan, you’ve been spending less time with me since you met Ms. McKinnon, and now you’re

in private. You don’t even care that your hand is injured… Tell me, do you still have feelings

‘Have feelings for her?’

words made Brendan furrow his eyebrows abruptly, his dark pupils full

female suitors. Why would I have

“So you…”

trying to discover the child’s whereabouts,” Brendan said. “He’s mine, after all. I can’t allow him to be out

The child?’

She knew very well that Deirdre had miscarried a long

he encountered Deirdre

at the time.” Brendan narrowed his eyes. “As I recall, that was when Deirdre was released from jail. Besides, she was released from jail completely unscathed, so how can she possibly be disfigured