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Chapter 62

Ashley Gustavo POV

"My son will be here soon, I promise," Mrs. Brown said to me for the umpteenth time after waiting for over an hour. She had pleaded with me to meet her son today and here we are, waiting for him for over an hour and he was yet to show up.

I watched as the poor woman helplessly dialed her so-called son's number for the eleventh time since I'd been in the courtyard with her, and just like before, she got no answer. I felt bad for her. What worse thing could she have done to her son to deserve this kind of treatment from her?

She looked at me and smiled, but I wasn't so daft not to see the pain in those beautiful eyes. The pain she was trying to hide with the forced smile.

"Uhm... I guess my son is busy at work. I'm sorry for wasting your time. I will find some other time to make you see each other," She forced a smile, and I slowly nodded. My heart ached for her. The imagination of the pain she was going through made my heart wrench painfully. While I was h