Chapter 2268

As Zayne and Chace went speechless once more, Cade himself found himself experiencing an even rougher time. After all, although he was able to reunite with his family, it barely took an hour for him to realize that his family refused to acknowledge him! For context, his mother had apparently died from heartbreak after years of depression after losing him, and not wanting the same fate to befall him, his father had gotten married to another woman. Thankfully, things started looking up again once Cade’s father had more children, and they were currently living together as a happy family of four… Regardless, though his father was overjoyed to see him at the start, his stepmother and siblings didn’t even pretend to like him… and by the end of the hour, he knew that he didn’t belong there. Eventually, he left and headed to his mother’s grave… And when he saw her monochrome photo on her tombstone, he instantly fell to his knees while saying, “…I’m sorry for coming back so late, Mother…