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Now that he had found out about Madison’s identity, his respect for her only grew. He exchanged a few words with others briefly and went looking for her.
Andrea was not happy to see Madison. Her expression was full of rage.
Whenever she closed her eyes, she could still see the image of Madison smearing her face with batter and beating her up.
It was absolutely absurd.
On the other hand, Chloe was delighted to see Madison. Her face lit up when she saw her.
She quickly made her way toward Madison.
“I’m so happy you could make it, Madie! Why did you cut your hair short for no reason?
“But then again, you have good genes. So you look good either way.”
Chloe’s eagerness used to be the maternal love she craved as a kid.
Back then, whenever she had a fever, she would yearn for Chloe’s embrace. But she left her and went overseas.
She became Andrea’s stepmother.
Madison was long past that. She even had a thing or two to say to Chloe.
“Does it really matter to you whether I have long or short hair?”
Madison looked at Chloe calmly and continued, “Mrs. Davis, you never even sent me a postcard throughout these years.
“Now, you’re trying to play the part of a loving mother? Aren’t you ashamed?
“Anyway, your sudden display of concern is so embarrassing to me that I could die.”
“What did you call me?” Chloe looked at Madison in disbelief.
“Mrs. Davis, did you forget that you divorced my father years ago?
“Your husband is now Mr. Davis. Am I mistaken to call you Mrs. Davis?”
This was the first time Madison had been so cold to Chloe.
Even during the time Chloe met her after she came back from overseas, Madison had been gentle.
Now, it was as if she was a cold and sharpened blade.
“Madie, you’ve changed. How can you say that? I am still your mother, after all.”
“Yes, I’ve changed. I’ve only come to realize that humans are despicable and that human nature is ugly and selfish.
“If I had known this earlier, I wouldn’t have been missing my mother all those years. I wouldn’t have spent years waiting for someone who would never return.”
“Madie, I know I’ve let you down. But now that I’m back, I’ll do everything in my power to make it up to you.”
Madison gazed at Chloe’s face. She didn’t remember how Chloe looked when she was still a child.
She looked largely the same as she was in the pictures. There were only some traces of aging.
But she felt completely different from the mother in her memories.
“When you wanted to leave, you forgot that I existed. But now you claim to want to compensate me?
“Mrs. Davis, have you ever thought that perhaps I don’t want your compensation? You weren’t there when I needed you most
“Now that I’ve survived that, nothing you give me would make me forget that.”
“Madie…”
“Mrs. Davis, your daughter is over there. I am not worthy of your love.”
There were people in the world who would give anything up for love.
Chloe was such a person. She didn’t love Jeff.
So when Chris came to her, she threw everything away and left with him.
All these years, she went radio silent. She didn’t even call once, let alone a word of concern for Madison.
Now that the years have passed, she seemed to have remembered that she had a daughter and claimed to want to compensate her.
Madison no longer cared about that. She looked on at the fancy hall.
People’s voices reverberated within the walls. It was loud and lively.
She wondered if all of these people with dignified appearances had darkness hidden within their hearts.
Right now, she no longer needed a family. Nor did she need love.
She only wanted to do one thing
That is to cause Hunter pain. She wanted to cause the kind of pain he would never forget, a pain that would follow him for the rest of his life.
A smile appeared on her face when she thought about that.
Hunter had noticed Madison as soon as she arrived.
He had prepared several evening gowns for her since she said she wanted to come.
The gowns came in many colors. But none of them were black.
Madison was wearing a black fitted floor–length gown. Her hair was held in place with hair gel.
She was wearing a black veil on her head. It was made with translucent material and decorated with tiny jewels.
They would glitter whenever light shone on them.
Madison also wore a pair of diamond earrings. They were simple and elegant.
She exuded an air of solidarity, like a black rose in the rain.
She looked like she needed a hug but also like she’d claw at those who came close.
Madison looked like an exotic flower that you could only admire from afar.
It was as if she felt Hunter’s gaze. She raised her glass of wine at him and smiled.
“You’re… Madison, right?” A cheerful voice beside her said.
She turned away from Hunter to look at the person beside her. It was a man that was around her age. He wore a black suit.
He looked like a young prince favored by the king.
He might not be the most intimidating, but he was surely the prettiest and most delicate.
“You are?”
The young man began to feel nervous when Madison looked at him.
He quickly introduced himself. “I am Colin Moriarty. We met when we were kids.
“I was chased up a tree by your cat and dared not come down.”
His description jolted Madison’s memory.
She had met many people with weird habits. One of Hunter’s friends was a health nut. While everyone else drank Absinthe on ice, he would be drinking detox blends in his cold cup.
When other people were having fun with pretty ladies, he would be wearing an eye mask and having a footbath. He would also mutter, “If you don’t take care of your health now, you’ll be suffering from illnesses when you get older.”
Colin was the weirdest person she knew other than that health nut.
He was morbidly afraid of furry animals with sharp teeth.
He used to follow Micheal to Jeff’s birthday parties. But he would always be chased up a tree by Madison’s cat, Snowball.
A group of children would laugh at him from below.
Only Madison would help him by grabbing Snowball.
She would then coax him with a smile. “Don’t be afraid, I have him now. Give me your hand. I’ll help you down.”
“Oh, it’s you. Are you still afraid of cats?” The memory of that incident brought a smile to Madison’s face.
“I adopted a few cats at home to overcome my fear. I’m over that now.
“Anyway, is Snowball still doing well?”
Her expression darkened. Snowball was a 13–year–old cat.
Madison was pregnant when the Evanss went bankrupt. Then Jeff had a car accident.
When she went to get Snowball, she was nowhere to be found.
“She’s no longer here. Maybe she became a stray, or she could be dead.”
She had wanted to bring Snowball with her when she got married to Hunter, but he didn’t like furry little animals. So she didn’t bring it up.
Colin saw her disappointed expression and said, “I picked up a white cat the year before. She looked quite old. I don’t know if she’s your Snowball, though.”
Emotions sparked on Madison’s face. “Do you have any pictures?”
“Yeah.”
Colin quickly found the picture on his phone.
In the picture, a white cat was lying down under a red plum tree. Her blue eyes were looking at the plum blossoms.
Madison was excited. Snowball had a small part of her ear bitten off by a rat when she was a stray. It was her most defining feature.
“I came across her when she was wandering on the streets. I saw that her ear looked like the cat I met in my childhood, so I took her in.
“I didn’t expect her to really be your cat. I still have plenty of videos of her. Do you want to take a look?”
Madison sat on a round couch. Her eyes were completely focused on the videos of Snowball.
“I can see that you have taken good care of her. She is quite old now, and yet she’s still so lively. Her coat is lustrous.”
Colin smiled and said, “She’s very well–behaved. She loves to stay under that tree.
“It was as if she was waiting for someone. I didn’t know before, but I think now I know she’s waiting for you.”
Madison stared blankly at the cat under the plum tree.
Tears were welling up in her eyes. She brushed her fingers on the cold and lifeless screen. It was as if she could feel Snowball’s soft body.
“It is my fault. I lost her.”
She lost the Evans family, Jeff, and her unborn child. She even lost Snowball.