"You can call me a selfish mother; of course, I am a selfish mother; otherwise, why would I take money? and agree to leave you alone for the rest of your life and then show up twenty-three years later trying to claim rights to you as my son," she broke down, sobbing loudly this time that she covered her face with her hand as her shoulders shook.

"You took money from the chairman?" Ophelia could not help but feel weird as to how this entire thing was going down. How could she take money to abandon him and then show up years later as a stalker seeking to bond with...