Chapter 5 - THE BREAKING POINT
Mrs. Lisa swayed where she stood. She had expected fear. She had expected apologies. She had never expected him to order her out.
"Khai... I... it was an accident..." she sLisa mered, stepping backward. "I only meant to — she slipped! I did not let go on purpose!"
"You took my child from her crib," Khai said, his voice low and terrible. "You stood at the edge of a cliff with her in your arms. And because of your recklessness... my wife nearly died trying to save our daughter. Do not speak to me of accidents. This ended the moment you touched my child."
"She is my granddaughter too!"
"You have treated her like trash since the day she was born," Khai replied. "You tried to sLisa p her. You threatened her mother. And today... you nearly killed them both. I will not have my family live in fear inside their own home. You must leave."
"I am your mother!" Mrs. Lisa wailed, clutching at her chest. "How can you cast your own mother out into the rain? What will people say? What will your father say?"
"My father would have protected his family above all else," Khai answered. "And he would have respected peace more than pride. You forced this choice upon me, Mother. And I have chosen. Go before I say things we will both regret forever."
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He turned his back on her and knelt again beside Linda. He helped his wife stand, wrapped his coat around both her and Mai, and guided them back into the house. He did not look back. He did not waver.
Ten minutes later, Mrs. Lisa walked out of the gate with a single bag in hand. She looked back once, hoping her son would call her back. But the door remained closed. The house remained silent. And so she turned and walked away into the gray rain, bitterness swelling in her heart — a bitterness that would not fade, but would grow and fester, waiting for the day she could return and undo every bit of what had happened.
