Chapter 50

Heather had never met Craig's mother, Evelyn Donovan. She had only ever heard him talk about her.

Craig's father had died when he was a boy, leaving Evelyn to raise two sons on her own. She had struggled and often worked herself sick trying to make ends meet.

Eventually, she had become chronically ill, and her condition had only worsened in the last few years.

Heather honestly didn't blame Craig for giving in to Evelyn's demands, but that was a choice he had made, and he should be the one to bear the consequences of it.

Craig had come there convinced that if he could explain himself to Heather, she would understand and forgive him. He had never expected her to turn him away so heartlessly.

"How could you leave me, Hattie?" he thought in despair as he watched Heather leave.

He tried to chase after her, but at that moment, a red sports car pulled up next to him.

The door on the driver's side opened, and a young woman with an hourglass figure stepped out. She wore a long, red dre