Chapter 1217 Thanksgiving (V)

• While Madison Sawyer was out driving aimlessly, Chadwick Fullner was already on the freeway. Unlike Madison’s blind, broken mood, he knew exactly where he was heading and what he had to do.
• The closer he drove to his destination, the clearer the memories became. Back then, the first time, when the two of them were getting ready to marry, Samantha Wembley’s parents didn’t know he wasn’t Finn’s father. They blamed him, got angry at him. But in the end, their love for Samantha and Finn won out over everything, and they happily started planning a simple wedding. Samantha’s mother was so warm, just like his own mom. Chadwick’s mother had been gone for years by then, so he felt an aching closeness—like they were already family, exactly the kind of home he craved most.
• But he still hurt those elders again and again. Vanishing before the wedding shattered their pride in front of everyone. He can still see Samantha’s mother slapping him in fury that day—he can almost feel the sting—even though he knows her heart hurt a hell of a lot more. Who could stand to face something like that? A wedding day without a groom? That’s worse than a slap in the face.