Chapter 173. Explanation

Ever since he had memory, Mel had always longed for his father. It didn’t occur to him that his father would have left him and his mother to get engaged to some other woman. In Mel’s young mind, Rodney was already dead to him. Rodney was a big liar, and Mel hated him!

“Don’t scold your father like that. Mel, he had no choice back then.”

“What do you mean he had no choice?” Mel asked.

“It means he had a reason to do so.” Amber explained. “There’s a reason for your father’s engagement with that woman.”

“Wasn’t it because he wanted to marry another woman?” The scene of Rodney and Celia’s engagement announcement was deeply embedded in Mel’s mind.

“No, he didn’t want to get engaged to another woman. That was just for show.”

“But I saw it all. Mom, don’t lie to me.”

“I’m not lying to you. That woman fell ill. So, he got engaged to her to take care of her.”

Amber couldn’t find a reason to absolve Rodney of his own actions. She remembered that