Chapter 12 Her Son Comes to Her
She sprinted to the vicinity of the surgical office.
It wasn’t a big deal when the kids fought.
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But Braylen had no parents with him while the other child had many bodyguards around him, which attracted a lot of attention.
Alena pushed through the crowd anxiously.
“Bray, don’t be afraid…”
Before she finished the words, Alena caught sight of another kid, Gabriel.
At this moment, Gabriel was being pressed down on the ground by Braylen, with marks on his face from scratching.
Alena silently swallowed back the words she had just left unfinished.
At the sound of the familiar voice, Gabriel’s gaze shot over in that direction. The moment their eyes met, his eyes welled up with tears.
But soon, he looked up and stared at Braylen again.
“You thief, you stole my stuff. I’ll kill you!”
Braylen held onto his shoulders, preventing him from moving.
“Idiot, you can’t take it away or win in a fight. All you do is shout and scream. You’re not even as good as Goldie.”
Gabriel assumed that Goldie was probably a dog.
Humiliated worse than a dog, Gabriel’s face turned red with anger. “You stole my stuff. I’ll kill you!”
After speaking, he once again grabbed Braylen’s shoulder, and the two of them instantly started fighting.
Alena hurriedly walked over and separated them, only to discover that they were fighting over a brooch.
Gabriel took the opportunity to push Braylen away.
He always believed that Alena would be on his side, gloating.
“Thief, my mom will…”
“This is not yours. You shouldn’t fight with Bray over it,” Alena’s expression turned serious as she interrupted Gabriel’s words.
Immediately, she handed the brooch to Braylen.
Braylen’s eyes lit up instantly.
He immediately took hold of her hand.
Gabriel was stunned.
Alena pulled Braylen over behind her and said to Gabriel, “Don’t you forget that you tossed away everything I gave you?”
She didn’t earn much money, so she couldn’t afford luxury goods or custom–made stuff. She could only make them herself.
Gabriel loved pandas, so she made panda brooches, bracelets, and all sorts of cute panda accessories.
However, Gabriel publicly threw them all in the trash can because he was worried about being ridiculed for these inexpensive things and looking foolish.
Gabriel couldn’t believe his eyes and shouted in anger, “You’re actually favoring this brat?”
He couldn’t understand why his mother, who used to be so gentle and kind to him, stood up for someone else.
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Braylen immediately crossed his arms and shouted angrily, “Who are you referring to by bastard?”
Gabriel shouted, “You bastard.”
“Oh, you bastard’s voice is so loud!”
Gabriel’s tender face instantly turned red.
Alena let out a sigh.
Gabriel was her biological son.
She didn’t want others to see him embarrass himself or continue this farce.
“If you like brooches, you can have your dad get them custom–made for you. Those I made…” Before she could finish speaking, Gabriel went crazy. He actually grabbed a promotional picture frame off the wall and threw it at her.
She was frightened and immediately picked up Braylen, turning around.
Even though she managed to dodge it in time, the photo frame still hit her arm.
She was in pain, and her forehead was drenched in cold sweat.
Braylen’s eyes went red when he saw that she got hurt.
He broke free from Alena’s embrace and dashed towards Gabriel furiously.
“Bray, wait a moment. Don’t…”
She instinctively wanted to stop him, but she was a step behind.
Gabriel didn’t expect her to protect Braylen like this. He looked at the shattered photo frame on the ground and then at Alena, who was covered in cold sweat.
He was terrified, letting Gabriel grab him and punch him multiple times.
Still in pain, Alena raised her hands to separate them.
Before she could touch them, Braylen was pushed back several steps. If she hadn’t held him, he might have bumped into the nearby wall.
She then saw Hailie who had a broken arm.
Hailie wrapped her good hand around Gabriel, anxiously checking him out to see if he was injured.
Then she turned her head and looked over, her tone reproachful.
“Are you crazy? This is your son, and you help a stranger?”
Alena’s face darkened.
The bodyguards had already dispersed the people around.
Thus, Hailie dared to say so.
Otherwise, it would be publicly revealing her relationship with Marvin.
Just as Alena was about to speak, Hailie spoke again, “Moreover, Gabriel is just a kid. He doesn’t have great aim. Couldn’t you avoid that picture frame for real?
“You can’t intentionally burden your son with the guilt of hurting his own mother just because you want a divorce, can you?
“Do you have any idea how many people are watching Gabriel? If this incident gets out, do you know how much it will affect Gabriel’s reputation?”
Gabriel slowly came back to his senses.
The guilt, fear, and shame that had been gnawing at him were instantly replaced by anger and resentment.
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Alena felt disappointed when she met such a gaze.
She couldn’t remember what Gabriel had been like when he was little.
Back then, he was so clinging and close to her.
Even seeing her get pricked by a needle would make him cry his heart out.
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Sometimes, he would speak without thinking, “I don’t want Mom to get hurt. I’d rather get pricked because I’m not afraid of pain.”
She couldn’t understand when Gabriel, who had always been so wonderful, began to change into someone completely different.
One day, Gabriel suddenly mentioned Hailie, saying that she was super knowledgeable and a renowned doctor from overseas. His eyes lit up as he spoke about her.
Gabriel later grew increasingly reluctant to get close to her.
Alena tried to reason with him, “Mom is also amazing. As someone from an undeveloped area, I attended collect…”
But he didn’t buy it. “You’re not as amazing as Hailie at all.”
Even because of someone’s instigating, he thought that she had taken advantage of a weak moment and taken Marvin away.
At that time, he cried and shouted, “It’s all your fault! You took Dad away from Hailie! If you hadn’t, I’d be Hailie’s son. In that case, no one would make fun of me!”
That
the first was
time she
was
She took a deep breath and said, “Gabriel.
unable to respond to Gabriel, just like it
was now.
“Things happened so fast just now. If I hadn’t saved him, do you have any idea what the consequences would be?” The entire Harrington Group, not only her, could not stand Kolton’s wrath.
But these words once again angered Gabriel.
“My dad is so powerful. I’m not afraid of any consequences!”
“You just don’t want to stand by my side. You’re my mom. But you’re helping a bastard. How would you do this to
me?”
Alena almost burst out laughing in anger.
“Looks like you’ve forgotten everything I taught you. Bray is my child, not a bastard! You must apologize to him!”
