Exhaustion has taken over her body. She slowly moves herself into the house after searching for a whole day. The searching team has already sent her the negative responses one after one, like stabbing from a knife.
Tears have dried out. She has done everything to find her son. She asked the community's CCTV footage and visited the traffic controlling office if they saw anyone or any foreign cars leaving her mansion. However, the response is still negative. As if her son suddenly disappeared from the house like air. The pain in her lower abdomen is like someone punching her stomach. She feels the cramps are getting stronger. But she has no strength to focus on her body. She can't live without her son. She can't live without him at all. Almost crawling back into the house, she sits on the floor right middle of the living room, trying not to cry more..Her consciousness is fighting against her to shut. But she can't lose her mind.. She must find her son anywhere. He is something hiding..He might have been good at hiding. " Mom won't scold you to learn piano or anything. Mom will love you. Mom will let you eat as much candy as you want. So ... So come back.. Stop hiding from Mom!" She cries, curling into a ball on the floor. She is too scared. She is lost, wants to find her son and put him in her heart that he can never leave her sight. She cries, anger with heartbreak forms tears in her eyes. She should have never let him go alone.. She should have stayed with him wherever he went. She should have been there when her kid was crying. She can't help but imagine some unwanted things. She can't help but overthink, her heart is crashing. However, while she is crying and groaning with pain and fear, her attention goes to some footsteps. " Asher?" She hurriedly sits on the floor, wishing it was her son. But to her horror, she finds her husband standing before her with another woman. His hand is intertwined with that woman's hand. Her shaky body somehow pulls itself up and her eyes slowly shift on the woman's face who is staring at her with a smug look on her face. Her eyes widen in horror as she starts shaking her head. " No Now. No. Not now! Travis! Asher! I... I can't find -!" " I don't know what you are doing here with this pathetic self, but let's talk. I think it's time for ending things without making it hard for -!" " IT'S NOT TIME FOR THIS!" She screams, tears streaming down her face, " It's not time for this. Our son, Asher... I can't find Asher. Where were you? I can't find Asher,!" She chokes on her breath as she breaks down. " What did you say?" Travis Ericson roars and grabs her hair out of sudden. However, he immediately pulls his hand away and looks at her calmly, " Where is Asher?" Dawn shakes her head constantly as she cries. She doesn't know. She can't find her son at all. " Answer me!!! What did you do with my son? I told you, Dawn! The only thing that you are allowed to do in this house is protect my son. How dare you losing my son? Did you hurt him because I didn't come here on our wedding anniversary? Did you hurt him to get revenge on me?" He shakes her constantly, and shouts. " I... I didn't. I didn't hurt my son. Please... Please find him. I beg you. I can't live without him!" She cries, begging and kneeling down in front of him. " Fuck!!! I shouldn't have trusted you with my son at all. Spring! I am sorry. But I have to find Asher!" Travis leaves urgently, dialing the number of his friend who is a cop. Meanwhile, Spring Clinton squats in front of Dawn who is crying constantly. " You seem fine even after six years. I thought you would at least kill yourself!" Dawn looks at Spring who seems to be enjoying the situation. She can't expect something wise from someone like Spring who ran away from her engagement because she wanted to have fun. " What's with this expression? Are you looking down on me?" She grabs her hair and slaps across her face... " You seemed to have forgotten that the position you are in is my position." " Let go!" Dawn shouts, pushing her away from her body. She hurriedly gets up and tries to enter Asher's room as she doesn't have any strength to confront Spring anything. However, she pauses when Spring chuckles darkly... " That poor Asher. He thought he would be able to meet his father who didn't come home for two weeks. He thought he would be with his father on his birthday. He wanted to receive his father from the airport. But poor him, he didn't know his father was busy with me . He was too busy to meet his son for a while!" Dawn slowly turns towards her, trying to understand what she just said. " Asher did what?" She asks, her voice trembling. " Are you interested?" She smirks, walking closely, " I called your son yesterday. I told him to leave the house!" " N-No! You.. You didn't!" She mutters, trying not to choke her. " Tsk. Tsk! That poor boy. He was so excited to meet his father!" " N-No!!! Take it back! You didn't do anything. My son can't leave. He didn't leave. There is no recording of him leaving the house. Don't lie. Don't lie, you Bitch!" She jumps on Spring and squeezes her neck. " My son can't leave the house. He is only four." She cries and screams. Spring closes her eyes and laughs, " He was stupid! Like you. Poor guy. He doesn't know that his father has been cheating on his father last four years. Do you think you were happily married? My Poor sister. He was with me. He could never forget me. He loves me. He despise you. Now you are the one who killed his son as well!" " No! NO! GIVE ME MY SON BACK. GIVE ME MY SON BACK!! I BEG YOU! Give me my son! I beg you!" She cries pathetically and hopelessly. She knows Spring is a Cruel woman who can kill people. She has attempted to kill Dawn a lot of times. Spring smirks and gets closer to her ear, " He is dead. He was stuck in an old car. He is dad. There should be no one between us. Not even your son!" Dawn's eyes widen in shock and disbelief. Dawn’s vision blurs with rage. She grabs a vase, ready to smash it over Spring’s head. But before she can, a brutal kick sends her crashing to the floor. She gasps in pain, clutching her abdomen. Looking up, she sees Travis, standing with Asher in his arms. Asher’s body is lifeless, cold, and pale. She turns, as Spring getting up with tears and running towards Travis who is standing before her, with Asher. " Travis! She is trying to kill me. She has lost her mind. She is accusing me of killing Asher. Don't you know how eagerly I was waiting to meet him? I thought him as my son!" She cries fakely burying her head on her palms. " My Son!" Dawn tries to get up but unfortunately, her stomach hurts so badly that she can't. " Don't call him your son! You vindictive Bitch!!! You killed my son. You locked him in your car! He was suffocated. He is dead!" Travis screams at her as he hugs Asher. His tears stream down his face. He thought to enjoy the birthday party with his son. But a mistake in his life has cost his son's life. " N-No! I... I didn't. My son. Give him to me. My Asher. This bitch. This Bitch killed my son. Travis! She..." " Enough!!!" He snarls, " I should have stopped you from conceiving that day. I should have listened to Spring's words and forced you to abort him. He deserved a mother like Spring. Not you." Dawn's eyes are widely open and she is numb. She has been doing everything to take care of her son. Now this woman who killed her son deserves her son. " She killed Asher. She said she told him that you would be back. She was the one who killed my son. She is the one who... Who took my son. I will kill her. I will kill this Bitch. She is murderer!!!" Dawn screams, trying to hit Spring. " Enough! Madam!" She pauses when Nancy suddenly shouts. " Just Admit your Crime. You told him to hide inside the trunk. You told that in front of me!"Dawn's eyes slowly shift on Nancy who is looking at her with a firm expression. Her word brings a rush of confusion as she hears her words. " What did you just say?" She asks, her voice cracking. " You told him to hide in the trunk until Young Master returned. You deleted all the video footage from the computer. Don't lie!" " NANCY!!!" Dawn screams, as tears stream down her face, " Don't - Don't dare to say something horrible and cruel like this. When did I tell my son to go there? When? We both searched every single car. We found him nowhere and now you are -!" She collapses on the floor, as the cramps in her stomach get stronger. " You, out of Everyone, accused me of killing my own son?" Dawn shouts her lung out, unable to understand why they are trying to make her a murderer of her own son. " I don't care. I don't care what you all want to say. Just give me my son. My Asher. My Baby!" She crawls back to her husband who is crying as much as she is. But he steps back, not lett
To repay the kindness of her adoptive parents, despite knowing that her sister's fiancé would never love her, she accepted that marriage. Living in foster care, being bullied by others and having no family made her think that she owed them for taking her in. She lived her entire life as the shadow of her adoptive sister, Spring Clinton. She left on her engagement day and never returned. To reserve the place of the wife of Travis so that other women couldn't marry him or take him away from the Clinton family, who thought of him as the door of their fortune, she was ordered to marry him. Dawn thought she would have to act like a good wife and once her sister returned, she would get divorced without any problems. However, from the time being, she accepted her role as a good wife who never complained, argues or demanded anything. She knew her husband didn't love her. She knew she was the shadow of her sister who was always there, looking down on her. But except for loving her, T
- Dawn's POV- Darkness creeps in at the edges of my vision, and I try to fight it, to hold on. But it's like trying to grasp water, slipping through my fingers no matter how hard I try. As I lie here, dying on the floor of the living room, a thousand thoughts race through my mind. My son, my unborn babies. Will they blame me for this cruel outcome of our lives? Will Travis forgive her and have his own family now? I never hated him. But now, thinking of him choosing her over his son's death and his unborn baby, my heart fills with disgust and hatred. I will never forgive him. Never. The pain is fading now, replaced by a numbness that spreads through my limbs. It's almost peaceful, in a way. A release from the constant ache of a life spent in the shadows. A release from the painful fate. Freedom to be with my son. And then, there is nothing. For a moment, it's like I'm floating in darkness, weightless, alone. I think this is the end, that everything will simply fade away. B
Opening the trunk of my car, I keep staring at it with a sullen gaze, my hand instinctively reaching for my belly. The madness to take revenge on everyone who hurt my son intensifies each time I look at the empty space inside. I know everything was a lie. I’ve checked twice, thrice, and countless times, hoping to find him. But he wasn’t there. My heart aches, yet there’s a strange happiness bubbling inside me, a joy at the chance I’ve been given. A chance I never thought possible. I keep thanking God for sending me back to this time, to when Asher is growing inside me. This means I can rebuild his life, make it safe and warm from the very start. I grab the shopping bag filled with 25 hydrangea plants and a bouquet of gardenias. Asher loves gardenias. Closing the trunk, I walk toward the garden, my steps firm with purpose. I know what’s going to happen in the future. And I will change everything. I place the plants aside and put the gardenias under the big cherry tree. This is wh
A selfish husband who watched me die, a cruel adoptive sister who made me her shadow forever, and parents who used me as the last card in their game to fulfill their selfish greed—it’s the best chance to take revenge on them and protect my son from everyone.I will make him give up his parental rights to my son, I will destroy her life and career, and my dearest family, who wanted me to repay kindness they never showed, I will destroy them along with their selfish and greedy daughter.This time, your mama will shine, baby. Your mama will make them pay for everything.“My Lady! Are you okay?”Butler Uncle looks dumbfounded as if he’s seen a ghost. Well, I can’t blame him for that. I never went to a shop or used such a large amount of money. This time, I will get rid of everything that makes me feel like her puppet.“Don’t worry, Butler Uncle! Your master is a billionaire. I don’t think he’ll mind if I use the card he gifted me!” I show him the black card that Travis gave me.That’s rig
- Narrator- Travis Ericson, 24, the youngest son of the Ericson family and the CEO of one of Ericson's Companies, glances at the messages that he received earlier. So far, the amount of money has reached to 6 million dollars and all the money is going to cars, branded clothes and other stuff. He can check everything from his seat with a deep frown between his thick eyebrows. His ocean blue eyes, shiftly moves to the details of hospital bills. The payment receipt was automatically sent from the hospital that he owns. The question keeps lingering who it is. Since his wife who is like an affectionate doll never used his card. And why did she go to the hospital if she is the one who is using the card? " Did you check if the person who is spending the money is Dawn?" Travis finally presses his hand against his neck before looking at his assistant who enters the room quietly. " Yes, Boss! I have called the Butler and he confirmed that Ma'am has been spending money on various th
She thought she could face Travis without any problems. Her decision to act like an obedient wife seems to be a wrong decision. The moment, Travis like usual, approached her, the hatred and disgust rushed through every single cell of her body. Each word from him, the way he didn't let her touch her son, everything single thing makes her skin crawl. She hates him, way too much that she can't stand before him now. Dawn hasn't attended him this evening. It was kinda a ritual for her to set the tea cups on the table with homemade cookies and invite Travis to the garden to have a cup of tea with her. Travis never said no. He did everything that she wished, like a perfect husband. But she can't forget, how he will eventually cheat on him and leave her son alone. She doesn't want to go through something like this once again. " Where is your Ma'am?" Travis,. glancing at the time, looks at Butler who is arranging the books for him. It's weird since she doesn't come to talk to him like u
"Asher!"I jolt awake with a loud gasp, my eyes flying open, heart racing. My hands instinctively clutch my belly, fear coursing through me at the thought that my clumsiness might have harmed my baby. How could I have been so careless? Letting myself drown in panic when my Asher is growing healthy inside me.I try to slap myself, reminding myself that I have my baby with me. Right now, nobody can hurt him. No one can harm my Asher.The sound of the door opening catches my attention. My head snaps towards it, and my eyes narrow in fury. I can’t let anyone come near me. I don’t trust anyone.But then my eyebrows slowly rise in surprise. Standing there with a grin on her face is Tiara Ericson, the only daughter of the Ericson family, just 19 years old. She rushes over to the bed and jumps onto it without hesitation.“Good morning, Sister-in-law!” she chirps.“Hey, Tiara,” I say calmly, even as I move a bit to shield my belly. I’m cautious about her presence.“What’s wrong, Sissy? You loo