You More Than Anything In The World
Chapter 444

Chapter 444 Arissa Had An Emotional Breakdown

"Gavin, why are you pretending to be sick?" Shaun cut to the chase right after Darius and the other kids left.

Little did they realize that Arissa suddenly turned back to check on Gavin again. She scratched her head after overhearing Shaun's question.

Gavin is pretending to be sick? She halted in her tracks, refraining from opening the door. Why is Gavin pretending to be sick? Could it be he's worried about me staying alone at home?

After quite a while, Gavin replied sheepishly, "We don't feel like going to school because Mommy is not feeling well..."

His words sent a ripple of warmth into Arissa's heart.

Shaun cut him off, "You can call me any time if your mommy's not feeling well. I can attend to her at once. Besides, she's not feeling well because she stayed up all night last night. I presume she'll be fine after taking a good rest. Regardless, you shouldn't have pretended to be sick. Don't you know everyone is worried stiff about you, especially your mommy? This is definitely not something an obedient kid like you should do."

Arissa was about to open the door and enter. It never crossed her mind that she would have an emotional breakdown in the next moment because of the devastating news she was going to hear.

Gavin stuttered, "W-We have something to tell Mommy."

"What is it?" Shaun asked in bafflement.

After taking a deep breath, Gavin muttered, "We've managed to track down our missing brother."

Shaun was flabbergasted. "What? Where is he now?"

"That heinous woman threw him into a dumpster. Nobody rescued him. I think... I think he's gone forever..." Gavin's voice trailed off as he choked up.

Pin-drop silence ensued in the room.

In a blink of an eye, Arissa felt her world turned upside down. It was as if someone was clutching her throat, trying to strangle her.

She did not even realize that she had collapsed on the floor. As she stared blankly at the ceiling, there was a glint of indecipherable agony in her eyes. My child's gone... Shaun's face turned ashen when he heard the sound outside the room. He dashed forward and opened the door right away.

"Arissa!" His heart dropped at the sight of Arissa on the floor.

"Mommy!" Startled by the look of despair on his mother's face, Gavin rushed forward to help her up with Shaun.

Arissa's legs gave way several times. She only managed to stand after a few stumbles.

On the brink of tears, Gavin mumbled incoherently, "Mommy... Mommy... I'm sorry."

"Arissa..." Shaun was at a loss for words to console her.

"Gavin, help your mommy into her room," he instructed Gavin.

"Okay." Gavin bit his lip to restrain himself from bursting into tears as he helped Arissa into her room.

Deep down, he reprimanded himself for being reckless. I shouldn't have acted impulsively. Now that Mommy's overheard our conversation, she won't be able to take it. Gavin felt a surge of indescribable guilt from within him. Gazing at Arissa, he was a bundle of nerves.

Arissa only blinked her eyes after what seemed like an eternity. As she locked her gaze with Gavin, tears that welled up in her eyes started trickling down her cheeks. After sobbing silently for quite a while, she finally burst out crying.

"Ahh!" Arissa let out harrowing yowls of grievance.

"My sweetheart... I'm sorry... I wasn't able to protect you..." She wept in sheer grief, her tears flowing down her cheeks like streams.

Seconds later, she started to slap her face.

It caught Gavin and Shaun off guard.

Shaun rushed forward and grabbed hold of her hands. "Arissa, it's not your fault! Stop hurting yourself!"

"It's my fault! As his mommy, I failed to protect him..." Arissa lamented in despair.

A tiny figure appeared as her vision blurred with tears. Her heart wrenched at the heartbreaking scene of a child being abandoned in a dumpster. It was as though someone was clutching her heart and slicing it continuously with a dagger, causing it to bleed profusely.

"He's just an innocent kid... To be thrown away so cruelly... it's just..." Arissa yelped in agony.

Grief-stricken, she could hardly breathe. The next second, she passed out due to the suffocating anguish.

Panicking, Gavin screamed at the top of his lungs, "Mommy!"

"Mr. Bailey, please check on my mommy now!" he cried hysterically, breaking into tears uncontrollably.

Shaun laid Arissa down immediately, trying to feel her pulse.

D*mn it! I must take prompt action! Without hesitation, he gave her an injection.

"Mr. Bailey, how's my mommy?" Gavin asked hastily, on pins and needles. Wiping his tears, no words could describe how guilty he felt at the moment.

"Don't worry. She's just passed out." Shaun tried to appease him.

Right that instant, Darius and the other four kids rushed upstairs after hearing Gavin's squeal earlier.

"Mommy!" the kids yelled out.