Chapter 870: AND THE MIRACLE HAPPENED
"You resent me because I was born when you are done with motherhood and wanted to focus on yourself, that’s why you chose to hate me. You thought I was the cause of your suffering." Abby had thought about it for a while. "But, Elder Rose, do you know what? You are not the only one, who is able to resent someone."
Elder Rose was surprised to see Abby stood up for herself when she used to be very quiet and was not a confrontational person. She thought, she knew her well, but as it turned out, that shy girl had long gone...
"Growing up with your hatred made me hated you too." Abby stood up and looked down at elder Rose. "I choose to give birth to this baby and I choose to love my child no matter what. I may not be a good mother, but one thing I know is; I don’t want in the future, my child will think of me the way I think of you."
"How dare you talking to me like that?" Elder Rose stood up as well. She looked intimidating and usually Abby would lower her head to avoid her sharp gaze, but no this time. She held her gaze. "I am your mother! How dare you to talk to me like that?!"
"My mother?" Abby didn’t hide her disdain toward Elder Rose. "Don’t flutter yourself by saying that. Don’t claim something that you are not. You are not my mother, you are Elder Rose and you make sure I always remember that."
Abby walked toward the curtain that served as the door to the tent, she held it, as a gesture for Elder Rose to leave her tent.
"In the past I always wondered why you hated me so much." Abby watched Elder Rose approached her. "Was it because I was not good? was it because I was not up to your expectation? Even now I can’t understand why. Now I will be a mother, I can’t imagine myself to hate my own child. That’s so cruel. The way you have been treating me all this time was very cruel. I don’t deserve that."
"No, you don’t." To Abby’s surprise, Elder Rose agreed with her. "You don’t deserve the hatred. But, one thing that you failed to know. Hatred is not a singular emotion, it can be an extension of something else."
And with that was being said, Elder Rose walked out of the tent, leaving Abby with the turmoil in her heart.
What Elder Rose said was right. Hatred was not a singular emotion. You could hate something or someone because of an indirect cause. Hatred was not something solid, it could vanish and change its shape and course. Or even extended...
Jealousy and resentment were part of hatred too and Iris was a perfect example of an extended hatred. How people in the Howling Wolf pack misdirected their hatred toward her.