Chapter 494 A Mother’s Love
Tobias instinctively took a step back. The reason he hadn’t returned home for so long was because he was afraid to face Marie.
When he was younger, he wanted to make Marie happy, so he brought back good grades. But at that time, she was already sick and emotionally unstable.
He thought Marie would hit him. He would have preferred that.
But she was like an empty shell of a doll, staring out and asking him, “Why didn’t you keep an eye on her?
Did you have to eat ice cream at that time?”
Then Marie would start crying, and there were even instances of self–harm.
The doctors said it was depression and advised them to avoid anything that could trigger her. Anything or anyone that could cause her to have an episode should be kept away. Later, her condition worsened. She started losing her hair and became very thin.
Tobias and Elliot followed the doctor’s advice and tried to avoid being around Marie as much as possible.
Then Shane brought Naomi back home. Initially, Marie reacted badly.
Tobias vividly remembered her lying in bed, refusing her medication, and looking at him with pleading
eyes. But after some time, her condition improved. She seemed to have forgotten about Wynter.
Every time Tobias brought it up, the doctor would tell them it was a coping mechanism. Since she had
forgotten, they shouldn’t remind her. Tobias was just a teenager at the time, so he didn’t know what to do,
When he saw Marie again, she had indeed improved a lot. She never mentioned anything about Wynter
again.
Just when Tobias thought she was completely healed, one night, he saw Marie wandering around looking
for Wynter.
She saw him and softly called out, “Toby, I haven’t seen you in a long time. I missed you so much.”
He remembered when Wynter was first kidnapped, he ran around with scraped knees and a fever while
Marie had firmly told him, “Tobias, remember, this is not your fault. I’ll find her.”
At that time, she was like a superhero. Even if there was the slightest news about Wynter, she would ask and search for her. She even said he was a little man.
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