My Mommy’s Brave Heart (Adina and Duke)
Chapter 1273

Chapter 1273

This was the hardest secret for Everett to bring out. Those days were the most difficult days for him.

Ninian held his hands tightly. She understood that this was the first time Everett was opening up about his

trauma.

"You can tell me." She said gently, "It's suffocating to keep the pain to yourself."

'Pain?

'I've never thought of it that way.

'As a child, before I could create any good memories in the Craig family, I was kidnapped by Rowan. He was a madman and was sent to the remote countryside.

'My mother, Janet, was devastated after losing me. As for my father, Anthony, he looked for me everywhere, assuming I was kidnapped by the enemy.

'Rowan added fuel to the fire and alienated my parents feelings for each other. He even made her hate my cruel father, who was the head of the family at that time.

'My mother soon received a letter from the "kidnapper". The "kidnapper" said that she could get me back with a huge ransom alone. She was not allowed to tell anyone about this, including my father. My mother had no other

choice but to compromise to prevent the "kidnapper" from pulling back his offer.

'She left some traces before she left. Soon, my father found them and instantly guessed the truth behind this kidnapping and rushed over to rescue me.

'My mother had thought of a million possibilities of why the kidnapper kidnapped me. It turns out this was not a kidnap, but it was actually a robbery.

'Rowan lured my mother out and imprisoned her. He then destroyed the clues she left behind, and misled my father, making him assume that she had run away and wanted to cut ties with him because she was heartbroken.

'Even after a decade, my father searched everywhere, but he still could not replace my missing mother. As for Rowan, he used me to force my mother to compromise with him.

"The three of us lived in seclusion in a remote town. My mother and I had no chance of escaping. We could only survive by relying on Rowan alone.

'For my sake, my mother endured the humiliation for more than a decade.

'Because of Rowan's frequent manic episodes, my mother never told me the truth because she was afraid that I would accidentally enrage him.

'I had always respected and admired him as my biological father.

'Although he hated me and scolded me, whenever my mother was around, he would care for me like I was his everything.

'As I grew up, I looked more and more like my father. I almost looked identical to him. Rowan once again went mad and abused him in every way. He even tried to strangle me several times.

'I became more introverted, but I was soon old enough to escape with my mother. I secretly followed after Rowan when he went out, and that was the first time I met my real father, Anthony. Soon, I found out the truth.

'I contacted him and explained everything that had happened over the years.

'My father was taken aback and extremely furious. Once he found out about the truth, he abducted Rowan and took me with him to replace my mother, the Lady of the Craig family.

'When she saw me with my father, tears streamed down her face.

"The next second, she took the fruit knife that she had prepared and plunged it into her chest deeply.

'If it wasn't for me, she wouldn't have the courage to continue living.

'Now that I escaped and had returned to the Craig family, she no longer had any regrets.

'She took her own life after living in the small cabin for

ten years.

'My father broke down. Rowan, who had escaped from the Craig family's mansion, went mad when he saw this

scene.

'He pointed at me and my father, and he cursed at us.

"The blood on the floor, my mother's lifeless body, the piercing cries and screams became my eternal nightmare.

'I could never, ever move on from it.

'I was only thirteen.

'Before I could enjoy my youth and joy, it had long ended that year.'