Moonlit Mountain (Caleb and Sarah)

(From Ashes to Hope) Chapter 5

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He snarled, "Watch your mouth, I don't mind teaching you how to speak!"

His chest heaved, his furious aura threatening to drown me in resentment. He continued to rant, "You put Lily up to doing something so vicious, you don't know Raina's allergic? How could you be so evil? And now you want your five-year-old daughter to be your accomplice? You call yourself a mother?" His every accusation was like a heavy stone crushing my heart, making it hard to breathe.

His spittle flew, landing on my face, mixing with my tears as they streamed down my cheeks.

I covered my face, staring at him in disbelief. This man, who shared my bed, was now a complete stranger, a demon.

Raina, with her frail appearance, played the victim, sobbing softly, looking

at John with pitiful eyes, saying nothing, yet silently fueling his

rage.

I looked at her, my anger boiling over. I pointed at her and shouted, "Stop pretending to be pitiful, my daughter is gone, and you still want to slander her, how dark is your heart?"

Raina's sobs intensified as she hid behind John, as if I was a beast about to 12:50

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John, enraged, pushed me away, shielding Raina, and yelled at me, "Look at you, you're like a lunatic, still not admitting you taught your daughter to be bad

I stumbled from his shove, almost falling, but I held onto Lily's urn, my last source of support.

I screamed at him, "You don't deserve to be a father, my daughter is innocent, and you're slandering her, are you even human?"

He glared at me, his eyes bloodshot, and shouted, "You told Lily to pour a

whole bottle of alcohol into Raina's skincare products, don't you know she's allergic? How could you be so vicious? And now you want your five-year-old

daughter to take the blame? You call yourself a mother?"

Each of his accusations was like a heavy stone weighing on my heart, suffocating me.

His spittle flew, landing on my face, mixing with my tears as they streamed down my cheeks.

I covered my face, staring at him in disbelief. This man, who shared my bed, was now a complete stranger, a demon.

Raina, with her frail appearance, played the victim, sobbing softly, looking

at John with pitiful eyes, saying nothing, yet silently fueling his rage.

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I looked at her, my anger boiling over. I pointed at her and shouted, "Stop pretending to be pitiful, my daughter is gone, and you still want to slander her, how dark is your heart?"

Raina's sobs intensified as she hid behind John, as if I was a beast about to attack her.

John, enraged, pushed me away, shielding Raina, and yelled at me, "Look at you, you're like a lunatic, still not admitting you taught your daughter to be bad?"

I stumbled from his shove, almost falling, but I held onto Lily's urn, my last source of support.

I screamed at him, "You don't deserve to be a father, my daughter is innocent,

and you're slandering her, are you even human?"

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