Chapter 2 - Margaret’s Desperate Denial Of The Shocking Truth
The quiet hum of the medical supply shop’s fluorescent lights felt deafening as Margaret clutched the armrests of her wheelchair.
Her knuckles turned stark white against the worn leather upholstery as she stared at the silver pocket watch in Mr. Davis’s hands.
“Leo, don’t listen to a single word this man is saying; we are leaving right now,” Margaret stammered, her voice shaking violently.
Leo stood frozen beside the wooden counter, looking back and forth between his grandmother and the middle-aged shopkeeper.
“Grandma, wait a minute, he just said my mother told him I died nine years ago,” Leo pointed out, his brow furrowed in deep confusion.
“Your mother was grieving and out of her mind with grief after the accident, Leo; she didn’t know what she was saying,” Margaret lied desperately.
Mr. Davis stepped around the wooden counter, his knees trembling as he approached the elderly woman with tear-filled eyes.
“Margaret, look at me and tell me the truth in God’s name... is this boy really my son?” Mr. Davis choked out, his voice cracking.
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“You walked out on our family when Sarah was pregnant, Samuel! You abandoned us in the dead of winter!” Margaret screamed through hot tears.
Samuel Davis staggered backward as the crushing weight of nine years of agonizing grief and deception collided with a miraculous reality.
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