Chapter 105

Jessamine’s eyes grew redder as she spoke, “Seriously, only when you have a kid like that at home.

can you understand how tough it is to be a parent. I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in two years, nor have I had a peaceful meal… During the first couple of years after Corbin was born, I didn’t dare to watch my diet too much because I was breastfeeding. It eventually led to binge eating, and at my heaviest, I nearly tipped the scales at 400 pounds. But ever since the incident with him, I’ve dropped down to 180 pounds in just two months… It’s just so hard… so incredibly hard…”

Elysia listened quietly until Jessamine finished, then she spoke, “I know, these years must have been so hard for you.”

Empathy is just a word; those who haven’t experienced it themselves can hardly fully understand someone else’s feelings.

But as a mother herself, she could understand Jessamine’s pain.

Her triplets were five this year, and they’d been sick many times over those five years. Every time any of them caught a fever or a cold, she was terrified, sleepless, never daring to leave her child’s side even for a moment.

And Corbin’s situation, with the potential for self–harm or worse… The struggles of Mrs. Denton over these years were unimaginable.

Jessamine sniffed and managed a smile. “You wouldn’t believe it but the other day after you talked to him, he suddenly called me ‘Mommy… I was so close to breaking down in tears. Then he said he wanted my homemade spaghetti, and I… I…”

Overwhelmed, Jessamine couldn’t help but cry.

Elysia reached for a tissue and handed it to her. “It’ll get better.”

“Yeah! It will get better. I only started believing that after I met you. Before you came along, both his father and I had lost hope. We’re not short of money in our family, and we’ve sought out renowned doctors everywhere, but none could cure him. It wasn’t until we saw you that we began to hope again…

Ms. Thorne, you’re Corbin’s savior, a guardian angel to the Denton family!”

Elysia quickly interjected. “You’re too kind. It was the least I could do. I haven’t done much, and I haven’t cured him completely…”

The treatment of mental illness is often a very long process. It requires a long period of recovery.

stepping out of the shadows completely, to regain health.

“What might seem like a small gesture to you is more valuable than heaven and earth to us.”

Jessamine continued, “The first time we met by chance, you had left before we could express our gratitude. The second time we tried to offer you something, you wouldn’t accept anything. We really do want to repay you, it’s just that we haven’t found the right way yet.”

They tried to give Elysia money, but she didn’t take it. They wanted to gift her a house, a car, jewelry.

but Elysia refused straight away.

Plus, not knowing much about Elysia made it hard for the Denton family to find a way to show their gratitude.

09:39 Elysia was also quite helpless about this.

The two times she helped Corbin were nothing out of her way, and she never thought about compensation, but then Mr. Denton handed her a check for a million dollars one day.

A million dollars! That number scared her to death.

If they’d offered a few thousand as a token of thanks, she might have accepted, given her financial situation at the time.

ey were u After all, she knew and she was far from it.

But a million dollars right off the bat? That was too much, and she was too frightened to accept it!

What was a great favor for the Denton family was, to her, too simple a task to merit such a sum.

“I helped you before, and today you’ve helped me. Let’s call it even.

Jessamine immediately protested, “How can this be even? I hardly did anything today, compared to how you helped Corbin…”

“It’s all the same.”

Jessamine sighed, looking at Elysia before breaking into a gentle smile, “In the future, don’t call me Mrs. Denton, it’s too formal. Just call me by my first name, I’m Jessamine, or you can call me Jess if you like.”