Chapter 490: Mom, why do you hate me?
[FLASHBACK]
The night of Zoren’s visit to the Bennet household...
A deep exhale escaped Allison as she wiped Penny’s forehead. Penny had been sweating profusely in her sleep, so aside from trying to keep her temperature down, Allison had to wipe the sweat forming on Penny’s forehead and back.
’I don’t remember nursing her back to health like this,’ thought Allison, her eyes softening as her lips curled bitterly. ’Did Haines have to look after her like this when they were abroad?’
To be honest, Allison felt jealous of Haines.
Although Allison and Charles never failed to fly out of the country to see their daughter, and Penny would fly back during her vacations, it wasn’t enough. Penny hadn’t spent the first thirteen years of her life with her real family. Adding to those twelve years, it felt like they hadn’t truly looked after her.
It might have been Penny’s insistence, and with a heavy heart, they respected her decision. Even so, these numbers lingered in Allison’s mind until now.
Reaching out to Penny, she stroked her daughter’s hair gently. "Penny, just how fast did you all grow up? I just blinked..." Now they were all adults.
Having all four of them in the house was a blessing.
’If not for Mama’s, I would be very sad,’ she thought, thankful that she had gone into business with Jessa. Otherwise, she would just be here, waiting for the time her children would come to visit.