Chapter 301

Mable clung tightly to the man and nodded at his question. “Yeah. Go ahead. I’m listening.”

Blair took a moment in silence before saying, “As far as I can remember, I had been living with my grandpa. Every other kid’s first word is either mama or papa, but mine was pop-pop.

“I believe my dad had just taken over Fowler Enterprise when I was born. He was always busy. Sometimes, I would not even see him for weeks. When I did, he was indifferent most of the time.

“My mother’s health declined after she gave birth to me, and she retreated from the world to focus on her recovery until I was five. Now that I think about it, I only saw them on Christmas and Thanksgiving before I was eight.

“While I was in elementary school, my grandpa attended all the PTA meetings. I remember catching a cold one winter. I was disoriented, calling out to my parents. My fever wouldn’t go down, so my grandpa called my dad to check on me. However, my parents never came. I was burning for two days, but neither