Allergic to Fatherly Love novel Chapter 4

“You love Violet, don’t you? Now you can go ahead and start a new family with her.”

Without a second thought, my dad signed the divorce papers and tossed them back to my mom.

“You won’t get any fucking money, and our daughter won’t be yours either. You bitch will never be able to take her from me!”

I watched my dad leave and shouted after him in anger.

“I’m not going with you! I want to stay with Mom. You’re a bad person, Dad!”

After he left, the doctor kept comforting my mom.

I quietly watched them, thinking how wonderful it would be if the doctor were my dad. He was so gentle and kind.

That night, Mom lay awake in her hospital bed, unable to sleep.

I stayed by her side, watching as she finally cried herself to sleep.

I knew the truth about Dad.

Mom had told me before that Dad and Violet were childhood sweethearts and first loves.

But back then, Violet chose to pursue her career and married a university professor instead.

Eventually, she followed the professor abroad to build a life there.

Dad had wanted to go with her, but his parents stopped him.

He always insisted that Violet had been forced to leave, that it wasn’t her choice.

But if it wasn’t her choice, who could have forced her to marry an old man?

My parents’ marriage was a business arrangement with no real emotional connection.

But Mom always took care of Dad and never harbored any other intentions.

After they got married, Mom thought they could at least live together with mutual respect.

But then Aunt Violet returned, a widow with a large inheritance.

She started reconnecting with Dad more and more.

I nodded hard.

Of course, I would. I wanted to stay with Mom forever and make her happy.

But she couldn’t see my response.

That afternoon, Mom placed the little box on an altar and wrote my name on it.

That’s when I realized the box held my ashes.

On the third day, Dad suddenly barged in.

He brought several bodyguards with him, storming in with anger.

As soon as he saw Mom, he slapped her so hard she fell to the ground.

“You worthless bitch! Did you encourage Sofia to do this?”

“Hurry up and bring Sofia out. I’m taking her to apologize to Violet!”