母女的秘密授课

The day he heard Lise was sick, was the day he felt the whole world crumble around his feet. He was going to lose her and he could feel it, as if that was something the most inevitable in his life.

And now, with each day that passed, Gael could see how fast that came true. How little their time together now was and how he had done nothing for her, but kept disappointing her instead for not being able to save their daughter. River.

“I told you to not walk around, you need to rest.” Gael’s voice sounded deeper and bleak, as he looked at Lise’s pale face and her lips that were slightly trembling. In the past, he would love to kiss her deep and hard, forcing himself on her, but right now, he couldn’t even bear to raise his voice at her.

This was also one of the reasons why Gael no longer looked as easy going as he used to be. He was no longer an overbearing man with a complicated personality. He was only a broken man, who held on very tight to the only light in his life.

“I am fine,” Lise said, she snuggled more into Gael’s arms, as she felt so cold, while the warmth that radiated from him made her feel slightly better.

“I will take you to our room, you need to take a rest.”

Lise didn’t answer that, she closed her eyes. Sometimes, even this made Gael feel anxious. He had been battling this constant fear that one day Lise wouldn’t open her eyes again. And, this would be the last time he saw her beautiful eyes.

But, he took comfort in watching her chest undulate softly and feeling her weak grip on the front of his chest.

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Nathen opened their bedroom door, closed it once they went inside and then waited outside.

Gael then put Lise down on their oversized bed that swallowed her thin body before covering her with a blanket.

“I will be right back. I will bring our daughter to you,” Gael said, as he knelt down beside the bed and held her fragile hand in his. Her fingers looked very skinny, as if they were just bones covered with skin.

The change in Lise was very drastic and sometimes Gael was scared she would get weak and weak and then die in her sleep one day.

That was one of his biggest fears.

Most of the nights that he spent by her side, he would suddenly wake up just to check whether she was breathing or not, only when he was sure that he could feel her warm breath on his skin, Gael could sigh in relief only to find himself no longer able to sleep.

“Promise me,” Lise said in her hoarse voice. She opened her eyes and he could see how devastated she was. It was not only Gael, who was hanging by his last thread of hope, but Lise as well. She looked worn out.

“I promise you,” Gael said solemnly. Even if this mission took his life, he would do everything to get River back.

He knew the curse on him was still not lifted.

Lise didn’t feel any love toward him, even after all these years, she still couldn’t love him. Even after all he had done. No matter what Gael did, she simply couldn’t love him.

Yet, at the very least, there was something that both of them agreed on. They both love their daughter and for Gael, that was already enough.

This curse was surely a piece of crap to ruin his life... Therefore, when Lise spoke again, he was caught out of guard.

“I want you to return too,” Lise said, as she stretched out her hand to caress his face. “Come back...”

That was the closest thing Lise ever said to Gael that could be equal to her saying; I want you. I need you and maybe... I love you.

At least, that was how Gael interpreted it.

“Come back with our daughter,” Lise said in a low voice, as she closed her eyes again.

“I will.” Gael nodded, he stood up and kissed her forehead. “I will come back with our daughter. You don’t need to think too much. I will return with River.”

After that, Gael walked out of the bedroom and looked at Lise’s sleeping face for one last time before he closed the door. He loved her with everything he had, even the dark side of him was not an exception...

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Vanesha walked into the room, where they confined River. She took a deep breath and changed her facial expression before she greeted the girl.

“Hey, I have good news for you,” Vanesha said to River, as she brought two cups of hot chocolate. The girl loved this drink.

River, the girl, who looked like a malnourished child in her white dress, lifted her head and then looked at Vanesha, her eyes slightly brightened up when she saw what Vanesha had brought for her.

“What...?” River asked, she received a cup of hot chocolate from Vanesha and blew over it, so it would not be too hot when she sipped on it.

“We will go out of this building, don’t you think that is a great idea? You can walk on the streets and see the outside world!” Vanesha looked so happy to inform her of this. Her eyes sparked with excitement, as she slowly released her from the chains that bound her to the wall.

“Really?” River lifted her head and then blinked her eyes at Vanesha. “I can see... the sky?”

“Yes, of course. Are you excited?” Vanesha unlocked the last chain that bound her and helped her to stand up.

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