In the morning, Hester was reading at home. The breeze ruffled her hair.
Leo went upstairs and knocked on her door.
Hester opened the door and looked up at him. Seeing his heavy expression, her heart jolted.
"Leo? You don't look good. What's wrong?"
After entering the door for a while, Leo said, "There is indeed something wrong with Terence's son."
He told Hester what he had found out and Hester's face was pale. After a while, she covered her chest and slowly squatted down.
Thomas...
He was the son of her and Terence. She had thought that he was no longer a child in this world.
She cruelly erased this part of memory from her mind, but the maternal nature in her heart could not be erased.
"Hester, what's wrong with you?" Leo looked at her anxiously and patted her back gently.
Hester touched her face and found that it was cold with tears pouring down.
"I want to see him." Hester suddenly stood up. She looked firm and even wanted to go out in her slippers.
Leo grabbed her wrist and said, "Hester! Are you going to see Terence? How can you forgive him for what he has done to you?"
Hester stopped and lowered her head slightly.
Her mind was in a mess. On the one hand, Terence was heartless to her; on the other hand, Thomas was her son, her flesh and blood
"No..." Hester slowly pulled her hand out of Leo's. She shook her head and said, "No... He is my son. I can't... I can't leave him alone."
"Can you forget all the hurt he brought to you?" Leo asked her.
Hester shook her head, "I will never forget those things all my life."
She clenched her fists and continued, "But I can't abandon my son, Leo. I used to think he was the son of Terence and Melody. I hate these two people to the core, but when I first saw Thomas, I still couldn't hate him."
"Can you believe me? This might be the connection between mother and son? The first time I saw him, I felt that I liked him and wanted to hug him..."
Tears stream
to restrain the heat in his heart. He clenched his fists, put them at his lips, and cleared his throat. He said, "Thomas has always been missing you. If you have time, come to see him more often."
Then he raised his voice and ordered, "Lisa, go and prepare lunch."
After that, he looked at Hester and said, "Today, our family of three..."
Facing Hester's sharp gaze, he had to swallow the words back and said gently, "Stay for lunch. Look, Thomas also wants you to stay."
Hester looked down at her son. His beautiful eyes were particularly similar to Terence's, but with a completely different expression.
She didn't have the heart to refuse at all, so she had to nod.
"Great!"
Thomas pulled her sleeve and looked back at Terence.
The three of them had lunch together. Hester's eyes were fixed on Thomas, and she didn't give a single glance to Terence.
Terence smiled bitterly in his heart, but he had to accept it.
He had done so many things to hurt her. Now he was satisfied that he could have lunch with her at the same table with their son.
After lunch, Hester was still with Thomas. He was her son, whom she had lost and found, so she didn't want to let him go again.
She pursed her lips and looked up at Terence, "Mr. Terence, Thomas is my son. I want to take back his custody."