Resent, Reject, Regret

Chapter 12 She Smiled to the Other Man

 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 would never let her off the hook if he found out that she had run away just so she could cheat on him with another man and would even disfigure herself just to avoid being found! His sudden reaction startled Charlene. She recovered from her surprise and responded by holding Brendan’s arm tightly. “Brendan, won’t it be better if she really is Ms. McKinnon? Dr. Fuller seems to treat her well, and they seem happy together. If that’s the case, we don’t need to feel guilty about her anymore and we can live out our lives in peace…” “That’s not her.” Brendan caught Charlene by surprise when he pulled back his arm, a storm of emotions brewing within his dark pupils. “That woman is not Deirdre.” ‘Deirdre loves me so much that she couldn’t love anyone else, so how can she be with another man? ‘It’s fake. It must be fake! ‘I must have mistaken someone else for her, or she’s just feigning being disfigured to trick me. ‘I’m going to figure out what she is doing!’ … A few days later,