Olivia patted Connor on the head lovingly.
“My dear boy, I understand how you feel, but we don’t always get what we want. It’s not wrong of you to want your family to be together. But have you ever considered whether Mom and Dad would be happy together?”
Connor looked at her with teary eyes. It was clear he hadn’t thought about that.
Olivia patiently explained, “I felt the same way asa child. I wanted my family to be together too. Back then, your grandmother didn’t love your grandfather at all.
“She treated me and your grandfather with indifference every day. Do you know what happens when a person is unhappy every day? She would become depressed and angry. She would spread negative emotions to everyone around her. Have you ever had a pet bird?”
“No, but I have a cat. Dad gave it to me. He said that you love cats.”
“Birds and cats are different. A cat can run around the house freely, but a bird is trapped inside a cage. It can only look at the sky from within the cage.
“The sky is just beyond the cage, but the bird can never reach it. If you love the bird and feed it the best food every day, do you think it’ll be happy?”
“Mom, are you trying to say that you’re the bird and Dad’s the cage?”
Olivia nodded. “That’s right. Maybe this makes me a selfish person. Connor, I used to be a young woman who was looking forward to marriage. I was hopeful for the future.
“I was happy that we were able to create a happy family. I was looking forward to bringing you into the world and into a happy family. But there are too many things in this world that we can’t control.
“I didn’t want things to come to this point, but this is where we are now, and we don’t have a choice. What I can do is continue to love you. I’ll try my best to make it up to you for the rest of my life. But I’ll never be able to go back to your father.
“You’re a good kid. You should understand my decision, right? I have my own path to walk.”
Connor stared at Olivia for a good while before nodding. “I understand, Mom. I support your decision.”
He was just a kid. He didn’t know about everything that had happened between Ethan and Olivia. But there was He was just a kid. He didn’t know about everything that had happened between Ethan and Olivia. But there was one thing he knew. He loved his mother and wanted her to be happy.
“If that makes you happy, I’ll be okay with it. I’m just afraid that .. you won’t want me anymore.”
“Silly boy. I told you that you’re the same as your siblings. You’re all precious to me. I love you a lot too. I’ll be visiting Olivia noticed the necklace around Connor’s neck. She pulled it out to look at it. It was the emerald necklace.
“I designed this for you personally. It carries the hope I have for you. I hope you can be happy every day and grow up healthily.”
Connor stuck his hand out. “Mom, you have to keep your promise. You have to come visit me again.”
Olivia made a pinky promise to him with a smile on her face.
“Alright, I promise. Let’s live together after you grow up a little bit more, okay? You need to grow up into a man soon so that I don’t have to worry so much.”
“Alright, Mom. I got it.”
“You’re my perfect little baby.”
Olivia patted him on the back and started to tell him about the things that happened when he was younger
Olivia patted him on the back and started to tell him about the things that happened when he was younger while holding him in her arms.
“Do you still remember the cherry blossoms on the island? Why don’t I bring you there and show you the next time they bloom?”
“It’s a promise, Mom! I’ll hold you to it!”