Chapter 95: The Parkinson’s mess
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"Mom... You had a love affair at the university. Why didn’t you marry him? Why dad?" Valene Parkinson asked his mother.
"Things just happened, Son. You don’t understand the world of those times. At that time... my family was rich. While he didn’t come from a well-off family. He studied hard to get into the Elite college. While... for me my father just paid the money to the management to get a seat.
"We both started our love with fights and ended up falling for each other. I always wanted to marry him. But seeing my background he took a step back. He asked me to wait for him till he started a business. But... My father got me married to Parkinson’s family.
"Your father isn’t good at doing business. He had many mistresses. I drove them all with patience and time. I made him unable to have a mistress. And because of his habit of having mistresses in the office, home, and everywhere. Many of them squandered money from him and ran away. Leaving us with nothing.
"We started everything from scratch again. I never blamed him nor said a single thing against him. I performed my duty. I tried to forget my first love and tried to love him.
"And I did. I always tried to be a person who he can look after when he needs to. But unfortunately... I failed to become that. He just loved himself more than one time.
"He lied to me more than once. I gave him uncountable times, trying to see if he would change his ways. But he never did. I planned to leave him. But I got to know I am pregnant with you.
"I found a reason to live here. I decided to give you all the hard work I did for you. I thought I may not love you. But your smiles gave me the courage to move on, I shifted all my love from him to you. The resentment I had on him just piled up as days went on. He turned worse than an animal. He started abusing me when I didn’t listen to him, But I just coped with it, just for you. Now... I want nothing but freedom.
"I hope at least you give that to me," Mrs. Parkison said.