Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 12 She Smiled to the Other Man

clinic together. Sterling handed Deirdre her white cane and locked up the clinic before they walked side by side. However, they failed to notice the car parked not far away, right under a tree behind them. Brendan was in the driver’s seat, and his dark pupils were staring straight at the departing silhouettes of those two people. He clenched his fists tightly as he watched their intimate interaction and he was so furious that he felt like his chest was about to burst. “Brendan…” Sitting in the passenger’s seat, Charlene was shaking fearfully upon sensing Brendan’s ice-cold presence. She took a deep breath before she attempted to speak. “Is that woman really Ms. McKinnon? I remember her still being fine before she moved to another country. How did she turn into this… out of nowhere? She has been disfigured. I wonder if…”  Charlene paused for a moment. “She disfigured herself willingly to avoid being found by you so she could be with Dr. Fuller?” When her voice died away, Brendan threw a punch at the steering wheel, producing a piercing noise. Deirdre had gone missing suddenly without a trace after moving to another country for three months. He had never given up on looking for her all this time. In fact, he had thought that Deirdre would come back with the child one day. However, he