Troubles and Results

As he left the hospital, Forrest couldn’t help thinking about the expression Christen had. How she kept her son close to her earlier. The look she had at the time? He managed to play it off to Christian earlier in claiming that she was pouting, but if he didn’t know any better… She looked really sad. Afraid, even. And he had a good idea of what.

‘Given how she had acted earlier, she must have thought I was going to keep Christian away from her after this visit,’ he assumed.

It had to be that. It was clear how much Christen loved her son, despite the fact that he was also son of either Damien or whichever one of the bastard customers had tortured her so. Raymond also said that she was more comfortable being around Christian, speaking to him, over the doctor. Even if the doctor may just be assuming things, he may have been right.

‘But why?’ he had wondered then. ‘Why would she cherish Christian that much if he was forced onto her?’

If she had become so scarred and frightened from her t