My Mother and Husband Both Chose Her Over Me Chapter 15
I did not expect my mother to send me a long message.
Diane:[I’m sorry, Nell. I admit that your illness exhausted me.]
Diane replied:[When Serena appeared, she was attentive and eager to treat me like family.]
Diane replied: [Your younger brother was preparing to get married, and I let greed make my choices.]
Diane replied: [You had always been obedient. I assumed that no matter what I did, you would never leave
me.]
Diane replied:[I was wrong.]
Diane replied:[Adrian’s company has collapsed, and Serena can no longer care for herself.]
Diane replied:[I still cry whenever I think of you.]
Diane replied: [My doctors say I have late-stage cancer and may not have much time.]
Diane replied:[I know I failed you. If you can, will you come see me?]
In the end, I did not go.
Talia was the one who later told me my mother had died.
Talia:(Diane is gone. I understand why you didn’t come.]
Talia replied:[Adrian made sure no one in our industry would give me a reference.]
Talia replied:[I haven’t found steady work since.]
Talia replied:[I keep thinking about when we were really friends, and I regret what I did.]
Talia replied:[My family has arranged for me to marry a divorced man because I don’t have many choices left.]
Talia replied:[We probably won’t see each other again. I hope you can forgive me.]
I ignored every message.
They all claimed to understand their mistakes, but only after their own lives had fallen apart.
None of them had apologized while betrayal still brought them money, comfort, or Adrian’s protection.
Mine kept rising.
Soon, they would fade from my memory.
I had no family, no husband, and no friend from my old life.
The Noelle Hart who remained had been reborn as herself.
