Chapter 290:Playing with Fire
Flashback 23 years ago
Author POV
The very next day, Violet's mother arrived in the countryside, urgency and tension evident in her every movement. She took her daughter and the little grandson, gathered their things, and they all returned to the city under the cover of darkness.
There, Violet resumed her normal life with incredible speed, as if nothing had ever happened, attending university in full elegance and high spirits, while her sister Meredith took custody of the infant Steve, beginning to raise him on formula. But Meredith did so out of sheer obligation and coercion, solely to cover up the scandal and protect the family name; for this reason, she could never love him or provide him with a true mother's warmth. Over time, all the neighbors bought into the crafted ruse, entirely convinced that Meredith was the one who had been pregnant and given birth to the blonde boy.
