Chapter 306 Don’t Take My Son
As the evidence piled up, it became almost undeniable. Asher was indeed the illegitimate child of the Lawson family.
More and more people were beginning to believe it.
A dayter, Asher, who was still being held at the police station, was finally released.
He was officially dered innocent.
After days <i>of </i>being <i>falsely </i><i>imprisoned </i>and stuck in <i>that </i><i>sunless </i><i>ce </i><i>for </i><i>what </i><i>seemed </i>like <i>an </i><i>eternity</i>, <i>I </i><i>was </i><i>finally </i><i>able </i>to walk <i>out </i>with my head held <i>high</i><i>. </i>
There was no <i>outburst </i><i>of </i><i>joy </i><i>as </i><i>I </i><i>had </i><i>imagined</i><i>. </i><i>Instead</i><i>, </i><i>a </i><i>quiet </i><i>relief </i><i>filled </i><i>my </i><i>heart</i>.
With unhurried steps, the boy walked toward freedom.
At the entrance to the police station, he saw Mindy waiting for him.
Her eyes were red, and she looked as if she might burst into tears at any moment.
The moment Asher saw his mother, the calm he had worked so hard to maintain finally broke, his heart churning with emotions he could no longer hold back.”
He quickened his pace and ran straight for her.
But out of nowhere, a ck Bliss rolled up and came to a perfect stop between them, blocking his path.
A tall man in a suit got out of the car.
Asher looked up, his expression cold as he stared at the stranger.
“Mr. Lawson, I am the butler of the Lawson family. I was sent to bring you home today,” the man said politely, bowing slightly with a respectful tone.
Asher froze for a moment.
He still had no idea what was happening online.
But after the initial shock, he quickly recovered.
<i>If </i><i>I </i><i>had </i>been <i>released </i>so <i>soon</i>, it <i>was </i>most likely <i>because </i><i>Thomas </i><i>had </i><i>confessed</i>.
<i>It </i><i>was </i><i>quite </i><i>possible </i><i>that </i><i>my </i><i>background </i><i>had </i><i>also </i><i>been </i><i>brought </i>into <i>the </i><i>spotlight</i>.
Just as he was thinking about this, Mindy suddenly rushed over and threw herself between him and the butler.
Her voice trembled with emotion <b>as </b>she yelled at the man, “You are not taking my son away from me!”
The Inte had been abuzz about Asher’s background; of course Mindy knew.
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Chapter 306 Don’t Take My Son
A <i>long </i>time ago, <i>I </i>had tried to <i>find </i><i>the </i><i>man </i>who had <i>fathered </i><i>my </i><i>child</i><i>… </i>
<i>Now</i>, <i>with </i><i>the </i><i>man’s </i><i>identity </i><i>revealed</i>, <i>there </i>wasn’t <i>even </i>a <i>hint </i>of <i>joy </i><i>in </i><i>my </i><i>heart</i>.
<i>I </i><i>and </i>Asher <i>had </i><i>depended </i><i>on </i><i>each </i>other for so long. I was used <i>to </i><i>it</i><i>. </i>
<i>Even </i><i>without </i><i>a </i><i>father </i><i>figure</i><i>, </i>we had managed to live in peace.
<i>I </i><i>don’t </i><i>want </i><i>that </i><i>peace </i>to <i>be </i><i>broken</i>.
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<i>Besides</i>, <i>the </i>Lawsons <i>are </i>a powerful and <i>wealthy </i><i>family</i><i>. </i><i>If </i><i>they </i><i>really </i><i>want </i><i>to </i><i>take </i><i>Asher</i>, I know I <i>can’t </i><i>fight </i><i>them</i>.
<i>Right </i><i>now</i>, all I <i>want </i>to do is <i>protect </i><i>my </i><i>child</i>, <i>and </i><i>I </i><i>feel </i>nothing <i>but </i>opposition <i>to </i><i>the </i><i>Lawson </i><i>family</i>. I don’t <i>want </i><i>money</i>. This so–called family <i>name </i><i>meant </i>nothing to <i>me</i><i>. </i>
“There’s nothing to worry about,” the butler replied gently. “Since we’vee to bring the young master home, it means the Lawson family will never mistreat any of you.”
His tone remained polite.
<i>I </i><i>knew </i>that I had to bring Asher <i>back</i>.
<i>The </i>Lawsons would <i>never </i><i>allow </i><i>their </i>own <i>blood </i><i>to </i><i>be </i>lost on the outside. And <i>judging </i><i>by </i><i>the </i><i>current </i><i>situation</i><i>… </i>
<i>Thomas</i>, once <i>the </i>Lawson <i>family’s </i><i>favored </i>heir, hadpletely fallen out <i>of </i><i>favor</i>.
<i>The </i><i>family </i>now needed a new <i>heir</i>, and fast.
And <i>clearly</i>, Asher was <i>the </i><i>only </i><i>one </i><i>who </i>qualified.
<i>So</i>, no matter how reluctant he might be, no <i>matter </i>how <i>hard </i>Mindy tried to stop it, I had orders to <i>bring </i>him <i>back</i>.
It <i>is </i>a direct order.
“Who cares if you treat us well or not?” Mindy’s voice trembled, thick with emotion and on the verge of tears. “I raised him all by myself, and now you want to take him away with a few words… I don’t want your money, I don’t want anything! Just don’t take my son away!”
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