Chapter 35

Kathryn’s POV

“Your son ran away again. He found his way right back into my doorstep,” I said as my eyes caught Rose’s panicked expression. “I was escorting him back home after I cleaned the scratch on his face.”

Wilhelm frowned at his son. “Grayson, what did we talk about when it came to running away from home?”

“I’m not in a position to tell you what to do with your own son, but it would be best if you stopped reprimanding him and start wondering instead why he’s been running away all this time.”

“He’s a child, and I’m always away from home,” Wilhelm insisted. “It’s merely looking for attention.”

“Yes, he needed attention. But not in the way that you perceived it,” I said firmly, pulling Grayson and Charlize closer to my legs. “Grayson has been claiming that he’s being bullied by Rose whenever you’re not around. It’s been happening ever since you got engaged. And that scratch on his cheek? He never got it from playing...“ Grayson told me it was Rose who did it,” I continued, not