When His Eyes Opened

They needed evidence to bring down Chelsea.

“Sweetie, when Elliot Foster came over today, he said you hid in your room when you saw him, “Avery said worriedly. “This is your home. You don’t need to hide from him.”

“I wasn’t hiding,” Hayden said as his brows furrowed. 

“I just don’t want to see him.”

“He’s planning on moving in to help with your little brother once he’s born.” Avery was in a dilemma and let out a sigh. 

“Would that make things hard on you?”

Hayden’s brows furrowed even more tightly as he said, “I’ll just ignore him, then!”

“Thanks, sweetie.” Avery patted her son’s shoulder with a pained expression on her face. 

“I don’t want him to move in either, but he thinks your little brother will need his care. The baby doesn’t belong to just me, so I couldn’t refuse him.”

Hayden took a deep breath, then promised, “Don’t worry, Mommy. I won’t acknowledge him! Layla also won’t! I won’t let our little brother acknowledge him either!”

Avery wascd stunned.

for having a heart-to-heart with Hayden

son, and not to deepen the conflict between them!It seemed like Hayden misunderstood her meaning.It was fine. They can settle in once

later, Nora’s bandages were removed from her face. She was

over

her legs turned heavy. She did

Chelsea forced her to face her ruined

and saw the hideous scars and twisted nose

“Monster! Monster!”

her hands, but Chelsea did

who made your face this terrifying.” Chelsea gritted her teeth and shoved

you look right now. Nobody will ever love you again! There’s no longer any meaning to your life other than

reddened eyes, Nora mumbled softly,

right. Revenge.” Chelsea said in her ear, “I’ll give you one last chance. If you succeed, I’ll pay for you to get a new face. If you

for the rest of my life!” Nora

the calendar and discovered that she

to full term