Catherine had heard about Lea's suffering.
She was fortunate that Ethan had tried to warn her and Tracy let her know about it. Otherwise, she would have ended up in the same situation as Lea.
"Mommy, draw with us, okay?" Suzie ran to her with some pencils and pestered her.
Catherine immediately turned all her attention to the kids.
Due to her presence, the kids ate obediently, which was a rare occurrence.
After finishing their meals, the kids dragged her to play football.
Toward the end of the activity, Catherine was exhausted, so she just watched Shaun play with them at the side.
Lea walked to Catherine and gazed at those figures on the lawn. With a smile, she said, "It's been a while since these two kids were this happy. Although they call Shaun ‘scummy dad', they've slowly accepted him. Lucas is no exception.”
Catherine bit her thin lip. "Aunty Lea, what are you trying to say?"
"I just hope that you'll give Shaun a chance."
Lea added in agony, "As Shaun's mother, I'm largely responsible for what happened between you and him. When I built another family back then, I didn't care about him, which caused him to feel lonely and lack affection. Sarah appeared right when he was most miserable and helpless, so he treated her like the gleam of light in his life. But just like me, he didn't know that some people might've approached him with a hidden agenda."
Catherine was momentarily startled. "What do you mean?"
"I found out that Sarah was admitted into the same mental hospital as Shaun one month after his admission. I heard it was because she was traumatized by her mom's death, so she voluntarily stayed there for treatment. Among all the kids in the mental hospital, she happened to be interested in Shaun and only played with him..."
Catherine was dumbfounded. "Are you saying that Sarah already knew who Shaun was back then and deliberately got into that hospital to approach him?
"How could this be? She was still a little kid back then H
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