CHAPTER 63: "HOPE IT'S NOT TOO LATE"

CHAPTER 63: "HOPE IT'S NOT TOO LATE"

Isabella was finishing packing some clothes when the door opened. She wiped her tears, expecting to see Sebastian. The hope that he wanted to listen to her vibrated within her. However, she saw her son, Nicholas, who approached slowly, looking at her with his blue eyes full of love.

"Mommy..." he said with a trembling voice.

Isabella put down the bag in her hands and knelt in front of him.

"Honey, I..."

"Is it true what Dad said?" the little one asked. "Is it true that you are my mommy? My real mom?"

Isabella couldn't speak; she didn't know how to explain to a child the evils of adults.

"Nicholas, I want you to know that I love you, and if all this time I was away, it wasn't because I wanted to. I... loved you from the moment I knew you were growing inside me and I waited for you eagerly, but... there are bad people, honey. Bad people who separated us."

"Bad like 'Thanos'? He wants to destroy the Avengers."

Isabella barely smiled at her son's innoc