Only the right person could solve this matter. Only the truth could smoother, out the mountain of uncontrollable uncertainties here.
"Today, in front of your mother, I will tell you the truth."
"Your father, Josiah, had a wonderful and well planned relationship with your mother Monique.
"I thought that you were an accident from their one- night- stand together at first. This was understandable as they were both adults and had needs to be taken care of. Monique insisted on giving birth to you and I supported her decision."
"I received your mother's inheritance from the lawyer after she passed away. After looking into their WhatsApp conversations, I realized that when I had first met Hendrix, Josiah had already taken steps to get to know Monique, but they never said anything about each other to me for many years."
"Back then, Josiah stuck around Hendrix and me to get his revenge. So you can see why he got close to Monique. He would do anything to achieve his goal. That's his style of doing things. He wasn't an upright man at all, but we didn't hate him forthat."
"What crossed our lines was how he had destroyed Monique."
"Monique and I were the same. We both grew up as orphans. We lacked a sense of security and Josiah's appearance seemed like a ray of hope in Monique's dim life. He stood up for her whenever she got bullied and supported her every decision. He even paid half of the cost to open up a bar with her, which was Monique's dream. He was perfect for her and was always gentle to Monique, who was just an ordinary girl. He was never absent for any of her important moments and although they never had a formal relationship, Monique enjoyed every moment she shared with her soulmate."
"Even though Josiah would disappear for several days or months sometimes, Monique didn't mind and they never drifted apart from each other. But he didn't want their first child, so she listened to him and went to get rid of the baby. It was at that moment, she knew that they would never have a future together."
"But to Josiah, this was a way of proving how devoted she was to him. She would give up their child for his sake. He was certain that Monique would be willing to do anything for him. He had revealed his true intentions to Monique, his feelings weren't pure. She wanted him to change his mind, but he refused to, so they parted ways." "If they had broken up for good and if he had let Monique go, I might have forgivem him, but from that day onwards, he began to torture her relentlessly. He always acted like a gentleman when he was with her, but every time he hugged her, he would call out another woman's name. Since he wasn't happy with her refusal, he decided to destroy Monique by dragging her along with him."
"Do you still remember the time when you were very sick? You nearly lost your life because of him. He was the one who kidnapped you and locked you in that chemical factory. You've suffered both physically and mentally. He ruined more than a hundred innocent families all for his own twisted sense of self-righteous truth."
I took a deep breath and licked my dry lips. Then I looked at Anne and said with a wry smile, "After hearing everything I've said, do you still want to be with Mr. Clark? Do you still want to keep him by your side no matter what happens?"
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