The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven) novel Chapter 135

Zachary had no one to blame for this outcome.

Tears streamed down his face. All he wanted right now was to be with Annalise.

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Jessica arrived late and saw Zane and me standing at the door. Her steps gradually slowed.

She hesitated before walking over to Holly. "Cody, let's go home."

"Mom..." Cody hid behind Jessica.

Noticing that something was off, Jessica tried to take Cody away.

Zane blocked her path. "Your son has been spreading rumors in class, causing the other students to isolate my daughter."

His expression was calm as ever but carried an inexplicable sense of pressure. "How do you plan to resolve this?"

Jessica felt Cody trembling behind her and quickly patted his arm to reassure him. She scoffed and asked, "How can you be sure my son said that?"

I looked at Jessica in surprise. Was she really not going to admit it?

Holly softly responded, "All the kids in the class have stated that it was him."

Jessica turned to look at Cody.

He nodded gravely, his expression heavy.

Jessica knew that Cody was indeed responsible for this. She took a deep breath. "So, what exactly did he say?"

Zane enunciated each word carefully, "He said my daughter was hogging Zachary's mother."

Jessica scoffed derisively. "Isn't that true?"

I knew that Zane wouldn't be able to answer that question, so I calmly interjected, "Jessica, you should know better than anyone that it was Zachary who first rejected me as his mother, right?"