It was always about how he felt Noelle's affection for him afterwards. As if that was the reason for the whole ordeal. Did he know that Ma felt such regret over the matter?
'I should tell him in the future.'
I hugged my mother-in-law as I put her concerns to rest.
"Ma, Husband shared this story with all of us. Even though you fought, he almost died, and his father betrayed him. Do you know what he always ended the story with?"
The woman in my arms remained silent. It was strange. She was usually so cool and full of life. But now she felt so small and tired. Her remorse must be eating her up so much that she was torturing herself over her mistake.
"He always ended with how much he loved you, Ma. He remembered how you beat Frank Smith for him. And he never forgot how you nursed him back to health. It was one of those times when Husband proudly said, He felt what it was like to have a mother."
