Chapter 37

Maureen had a strange feeling that told her to go home, so Stacy didn’t think twice about letting her. They both enjoy each other’s company, and she also went shopping for her beloved husband and adorable daughter. She made a promise to herself that no one would ever take them away from her again.

The last thing Maureen wanted was for Maxine to return and ruin her life once more. She just had Stanley and Heather; if they were gone, her existence would be meaningless; before they came into her life, she had only herself, after her family had abandoned her. So she resolved not to abandon the family she had made.

Maureen’s eyelids fluttered and her eyes looked into space as memories from her past flashed through her mind...

When Maureen went on vacation with her family eighteen years ago, they stayed in their vacation cottage in Toronto near a beach, which was also one of the places she did not want to return to. Although she had little recollection of her upbringing