Chapter 145: Chapter 145 – Dad... I miss Mom. Can you bring her back?
The air around them grew so tight it felt like it might snap at any second, the kind of silence that pressed in from all sides until even the smallest sound beca impossible to ignore.
For a mont, no one spoke, and in that stillness, the faint hum of the trees outside seed louder than it should have been, like nature itself was leaning in, listening.
Daisy stood there, her chest rising and falling too fast, her breath uneven like she might collapse if she didn’t steady herself soon. Her vision felt unfocused, her balance fragile, and then she saw it.
Ravyn’s eyes. The way he looked at her. It wasn’t just anger.
It was disappointnt, and sohow, that felt worse. "Daisy," he said, his voice low but heavy with emotion he wasn’t even trying to hide, "what exactly am I hearing right now? I trusted you with Bryan, our son."
The words hit harder than any accusation.
For the first ti since all of this started, Daisy didn’t have a response ready. Her mouth parted slightly, but nothing ca out. The weight of his gaze pinned her in place, stripping away the confidence she usually hid behind.
Then he said sothing that cut even deeper. "Don’t tell
Seraphine took better care of our child than you ever did."
That snapped sothing inside her. "Rav, how can you even say that?" she shot back, her voice shaking, caught sowhere between defensiveness and desperation. "Wasn’t I the one taking care of Bryan as his nanny?"
But Ravyn didn’t back down. If anything, his expression hardened even more.
"Yeah," he said, his tone sharp now, every word carrying weight, "but how many nights did I see Seraphine go into his room after everyone else had gone to sleep? Making sure the temperature was right, checking on him, giving him dicine when he needed it?"
Each word landed like a blow, and the truth behind them made it worse. That was the part Daisy hadn’t known.
Even after everything, even after being pushed into that position, even after being told to step back and let Daisy take over, Seraphine had still been there. Quietly, consistently, doing the things no one asked her to do anymore.
Ravyn rembered it clearly. The nights he had passed by Bryan’s room and caught a glimpse of her inside, adjusting sothing, checking on him, making sure he was comfortable.
The als Daisy thought ca from the kitchen, neatly stored in the fridge, ready to be served, were als that Seraphine had prepared herself.
That was why signing those divorce papers had never been easy for Ravyn.
Even when he had forced that ultimatum on her, accept Daisy as Bryan’s nanny or walk away, Seraphine had torn up the papers instead, choosing to stay, choosing to endure.
Daisy stood frozen, that realization hitting her all at once. She hadn’t known any any of it.
"But I tried..." she said finally, her voice small now, almost lost under the weight of everything crashing down on her. "I really tried."
She swallowed hard, forcing herself to keep going. "And this isn’t even about that. It’s the serum. Doctor Ray said Seraphine added sothing special after I gave them the base formula. She never left the full details behind."
The lie ca out too smoothly, Damon’s eyes widened slightly, though he said nothing. If lies were currency, Daisy would have been wealthy beyond asure.
And she wasn’t done. She turned quickly to the doctor, pulling him into it before he had the chance to react. "Doctor Ray, that’s what you told , right?"
Doctor Raymond hesitated for the briefest mont.
He had just stepped into his new role, promoted to replace Nicole as the hospital director, and one wrong move could cost him everything. His gaze flickered between Daisy and Ravyn, calculating.
Then he nodded. "Yes," he said, his tone asured. "Luna Sera is an exceptional doctor. She understood Bryan’s condition better than anyone. Most of her formulas were removed, and the samples were destroyed. We’ve been trying to replicate her work, but it’s been difficult."
Damon stayed silent, though inside, the weight of what he was witnessing pressed heavily against him. The lies weren’t just small distortions anymore. They were building into sothing dangerous.
Ravyn didn’t respond imdiately. Instead, he turned and walked into Bryan’s ward, his steps quick, controlled, but carrying an urgency he couldn’t hide.
Damon, Daisy, and Doctor Raymond followed behind him.
The mont Bryan saw his father, his face lit up despite how weak he looked, a small smile forming as he tried to sit up.
"Dad, I missed you so much," he said, his voice soft, fragile.
Sothing in Ravyn softened instantly.
He moved to the bedside, pulling his son into a careful embrace, his movents gentle in a way that contrasted everything else about him. "I missed you more, pup," he said quietly.
Damon watched the scene unfold, and for a mont, everything else faded into the background.
Then he rembered Seraphine’s request about the DNA test. The way all the pieces were starting to fall into place.
"I’ll make sure you get better," Ravyn continued, brushing a hand lightly over Bryan’s hair, his voice firm now, like he was making a promise he intended to keep. "Okay?"
"Alpha," the doctor’s voice cut in, careful but firm enough to break through the mont. "What we administered earlier is only temporary. If we want a lasting solution..."
He hesitated, then said it anyway. "We need Luna Sera."
Ravyn went still. Before he could respond, Bryan spoke again, his voice small but clear.
"Yes, Dad, I miss Mom."
The words landed harder than anything else that had been said. Daisy’s face drained of color instantly.
She rushed forward, panic taking over as she grabbed Bryan’s arm, forcing a smile that didn’t reach her eyes. "Bryan, what are you saying? I’m your mother."
But Bryan pulled his hand away from her, his expression changing, sothing honest and unfiltered in his eyes.
"Yeah," he said softly, "but you like your phone more."
The words were simple, but they cut deep. "Mom always spent ti with ," he continued, his voice growing weaker but no less sincere. "She made
special pancakes, made
feel important."
He looked back at Ravyn, his eyes filled with sothing that felt too big for a child his age.
"Dad... I miss Mom. Can you bring her back?"
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