Chapter 105

Jessamine’s eyes grew redder as she spoke, “Seriously, only when you have a kid like that at home.

can you understand how tough it is to be a parent. I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in two years, nor

have I had a peaceful meal… During the first couple of years after Corbin was born, I didn’t dare to

watch my diet too much because I was breastfeeding. It eventually led to binge eating, and at my

heaviest, I nearly tipped the scales at 400 pounds. But ever since the incident with him, I’ve dropped

down to 180 pounds in just two months… It’s just so hard… so incredibly hard…”

Elysia listened quietly until Jessamine finished, then she spoke, “I know, these years must have been

so hard for you.”

Empathy is just a word; those who haven’t experienced it themselves can hardly fully understand

someone else’s feelings.

But as a mother herself, she could understand Jessamine’s pain.

Her triplets were five this year, and they’d been sick many times over those five years. Every time any

of them caught a fever or a cold, she was terrified, sleepless, never daring to leave her child’s side

even for a moment.

And Corbin’s situation, with the potential for self–harm or worse… The struggles of Mrs. Denton over

these years were unimaginable.

Jessamine sniffed and managed a smile. “You wouldn’t believe it but the other day after you talked to

him, he suddenly called me ‘Mommy… I was so close to breaking down in tears. Then he said he

wanted my homemade spaghetti, and I… I…”

Overwhelmed, Jessamine couldn’t help but cry.

Elysia reached for a tissue and handed it to her. “It’ll get better.”

“Yeah! It will get better. I only started believing that after I met you. Before you came along, both his

father and I had lost hope. We’re not short of money in our family, and we’ve sought out renowned

doctors everywhere, but none could cure him. It wasn’t until we saw you that we began to hope again…

Ms. Thorne, you’re Corbin’s savior, a guardian angel to the Denton family!”

Elysia quickly interjected. “You’re too kind. It was the least I could do. I haven’t done much, and I

haven’t cured himpletely…”

The treatment of mental illness is often a very long process. It requires a long period of recovery.

stepping out of the shadowspletely, to regain health.

“What might seem like a small gesture to you is more valuable than heaven and earth to us.”

Jessamine continued, “The first time we met by chance, you had left before we could express our

gratitude. The second time we tried to offer you something, you wouldn’t ept anything. We really do

want to repay you, it’s just that we haven’t found the right way yet.”

They tried to give Elysia money, but she didn’t take it. They wanted to gift her a house, a car, jewelry.

but Elysia refused straight away.

Plus, not knowing much about Elysia made it hard for the Denton family to find a way to show their

gratitude.

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Elysia was also quite helpless about this.

The two times she helped Corbin were nothing out of her way, and she never thought about

compensation, but then Mr. Denton handed her a check for a million dors one day.

A million dors! That number scared her to death.

If they’d offered a few thousand as a token of thanks, she might have epted, given her financial

situation at the time.

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After all, she knew and she was far from it.

But a million dors right off the bat? That was too much, and she was too frightened to ept it!

What was a great favor for the Denton family was, to her, too simple a task to merit such a sum.

“I helped you before, and today you’ve helped me. Let’s call it even.

Jessamine immediately protested, “How can this be even? I hardly did anything today,pared to

how you helped Corbin…”

“It’s all the same.”

Jessamine sighed, looking at Elysia before breaking into a gentle smile, “In the future, don’t call me

Mrs. Denton, it’s too formal. Just call me by my first name, I’m Jessamine, or you can call me Jess if

you like.”