Iris smiled, but the warmth never reached her eyes. Her mind was racing, her fists clenching involuntarily.
The only emotion she had for the woman before her was hatred.
In her past life, she had been blind—she never realized the secret between them. Not until after she and Wendel were married.
When Stella arranged a marriage prospect for Esther, Wendel panicked. He immediately quit his secure teaching job and eloped with Esther to Nashville.
Iris was left completely in the dark.
Wendel had snuck away in the dead of night, leaving behind only a letter full of lies—tricking Iris into believing he was being sent to Nashville for work.
At that time, she had already been pregnant. Yet he never even returned for the birth of their child.
She had naively believed he only went to Nashville for work, clinging to that illusion to comfort herself. But that fragile belief shattered the moment he returned—he took their two-year-old child away!
Iris sobbed, her heart breaking into pieces. "Your son was born, and you never even looked at him once—now you just want to take him away from me?"