If I didn’t have more important things to deal with today, I would have let him see exactly what kind of person I really was.
“Mommy.”
My son’s soft little voice came from behind me. He was holding his teddy bear, standing there quietly as he waited for me.
My expression softened instinctively.
But then, Hillerin crouched down in front of my child.
I started forward to stop her, but Cormac blocked me.
“You must be Daryl, right?” Hillerin said, smiling sweetly. “I heard you’ve been sickly since you were little.”
“Do you know why?” she continued. “It’s because while your mommy was pregnant with you, she was fooling around with all kinds of men. She went too far, and that’s why you were born prematurely. All of this is your mom’s sin. Who knows how much longer you’ll even live?”
She gave a dramatic sigh. “But I’m not like that. I keep myself pure. I’ll definitely give Cormac a healthy child.”
She was just about to turn and gloat at me when my slap sent her crashing to the floor.
My assistant instantly covered my son’s eyes and carried him away.
Hillerin clutched her face, shrieking as she lunged for me. But I grabbed her hair and slapped her again, harder this time.