Chapter 280

If Lily Summer could somehow relay her words to those two people, that’d be just perfect. She just wanted them to know that even without them, she and her brother had lived just fine. More than fine. She hoped they'd live the rest of their lives with that guilt weighing them down. Yeah, she knew it was wishful thinking. Those two were able to heartlessly leave their own kids behind—guilt? That kind of feeling probably didn't exist in their world. Before becoming a mom, she used to convince herself that maybe her parents left so they wouldn't drag them down, that maybe they believed she’d stay married to James Bennett and live a good life, and that her brother might even benefit from that. So maybe that’s why they ran off alone. When she first landed in the States, she repeated that lie to herself over and over—and to Daniel, too. But everything changed after she had kids. Being a parent herself, she finally got what real love was. Now, if someday she lost everything, she knew—no matter