“Thank you for treating Nathan so well.” Yelena lifted her eyes and saw Candace standing in the elevator. An unnatural smile stretched across her face. “Candace, how is Jamie? You don’t look so good. Why don’t you let Shawn take care of Jamie for the time being?” “Why should I help with her child?” Shawn asked coldly. “Candace, you’re willing to do anything to get me to go home, aren’t you? You’d even make your own child fall ill so you can come to the hospital to get in my way. “I can’t believe a mother as heartless as you actually exists in this world.” Candace treated Shawn as nothing more than the air around her. She kept her head lowered as she adjusted Jamie’s clothes. She didn’t expect her bag strap to snap at that moment, causing Jamie’s milk bottle and diapers to scatter all across the floor. Ignoring the excruciating pain radiating from the incision on her abdomen, she knelt to pick up the fallen items. Yelena touched Candace’s arm and said, “You’re hurt, Candace, so you shouldn’t move around too much. Let me help you.” “Why are you helping her, Lena?” Shawn grabbed Yelena and pulled her behind him. “Who knows what tricks she may have up her sleeve? You need to stay away from her,” he chastised unhappily. “Shawn, you shouldn’t think so badly of Candace. After all, I was roommates with her once upon a time,” Yelena said gently. “Although her academics weren’t very good, she was a very hardworking student!” Shawn barked out a laugh. “She was a hardworking student, but still scored the lowest and came in last in her entire year. It’s humiliating for my son to have such an academically inept mother,” he said. “It’s even more humiliating for my son to have such a heartless father.” Candace powered through the pain of her incision as she picked up Jamie’s bottle. “Don’t tell anyone that you’re Jamie’s father. You don’t deserve that title!” Shawn stared at Candace in disbelief. He suddenly felt as if she were a stranger to him. She had always been obedient and never talked back to him in the past. “Stop playing hard to get, Candace,” he warned, face darkening. “No matter what you do, I’m not following you back home tonight!” Candace didn’t bother waiting for Shawn to finish his sentence before she took Jamie with her and exited the elevator. However, she was forced to halt her footsteps, her eyes widening to the size of saucers. For reasons unbeknownst to her, Jamie had extended his tiny hand from the blue blanket he was swaddled in and grabbed Shawn’s sleeve. He babbled nonsensically at Shawn. The milk that leaked from the corners of his mouth dripped onto the back of Shawn’s hand. Shawn was stunned for a moment before he batted Jamie’s hand away. He stripped out of his blazer and tossed the garment into the trash bin that was nearby. His brow was furrowed as he roared, “What are you doing? That’s revolting!” Jamie was frightened by his harsh tone. He buried his little head against Candace’s chest and started wailing in despair. “Don’t cry, Jamie. Mommy’s here.” Candace felt as if her heart was being stabbed by a knife. She kissed away the tears beading at the corners of Jamie’s eyes. She choked out, “Mommy will always be with you, sweetheart. We’ll live happily in the future, just the two of us.” Shawn froze in his tracks upon hearing Candace’s words. As he gazed at her anguished appearance, an uneasiness he couldn’t explain flashed through his heart. He felt as if he was slowly losing control over something. “Shawn, Nathan has a nosebleed!” Yelena exclaimed, panicked. “Take him to the restroom to clean up!” Shawn pushed those strange thoughts to the back of his mind as he took Nathan away. Before he left, he halted his footsteps once more and said coldly, “Candace, it’ll be the baby’s one-month birthday celebration the day after tomorrow. “I’m warning you. Take good care of him. Don’t let him suffer anymore, or I won’t let you off the hook!” Candace only lowered her eyes and scoffed. She didn’t respond to his warning. There were only 12 hours left before she would leave with Jamie. Shawn would be served with a divorce agreement during Jamie’s one-month birthday celebration.
Emptiness is all that remains
Status: Ongoing
