But now, seeing me like this, he only said, “Disgusting.”
I took my medicine and gradually regained my breath.
When I returned to the villa, Luca Gray ran up to me. “Aunt Shannon, I dropped my toy in the water. Can you help me find it?”
He tugged at my hand, leading me to the swimming pool.
It was winter, and the water was freezing. The moment I stepped in, the cold pierced through me. But when I saw the pleading look in his eyes, I kept searching, diving down again and again.
However, there was nothing.
I looked up and asked him, “Luca, are you sure you dropped it here? I can’t see anything. What does it look like?”
“It’s a small golden car. Please, Aunt Shannon. I’m begging you.” 1
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Clenching my teeth, I dove back into the water. I didn’t know how long I had been searching when I suddenly heard Vivian’s voice. “Luca, what are you doing here?”
“Mom, I’m just messing with her,” Luca said mischievously. “You were right. She’ll do anything I ask.”
As I surfaced, he pointed at me, his grin triumphant.
Vivian stood beside him, holding that small golden toy car in her hand.
When I heard those words, my heart turned ice–cold.
She took Luca’s hand and praised him, “Well done.”
I couldn’t hold back any longer. “Luca, how could you trick your mother like this?”
He shot me a hateful glare. “You’re not my mother. My mother is Vivian Houghton. You deserve to be tricked for abandoning me all those years‘
ago.”
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