My son was called a genius guitarist.
On the day of the classical instrument competition, he failed to win the first place in the online vote.
My son was in a trance and fell off the stage when he left.
I hurried to help my son, but I saw my wife holding her childhood sweetheart’s son and holding the trophy high.
The planner and director next to me laughed and said, “It’s good to be Mrs. Martin’s son. The championship is easy to come by.”
“Well, who said it’s not? Godfrey plays well, but who can blame him for not having a mother and no background.”
My heart was broken. I didn’t expect Alanna to cover up her own son for childhood sweetheart’s son!
But my son climbed up with blood all over his head and grabbed my hand.
“Dad, I don’t want this mother anymore.”
I firmly shook his hand back and said, “Okay, if you don’t want it, I don’t want it either.”
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When Alanna came back, I had coaxed her son to sleep.
Seeing me sitting in the living room, she was not surprised at all. As usual, she came over and threw a divorce agreement in front of me.
“You were not satisfied last time, so this time I will raise the asset allocation to 30% for you. Is that enough? Jordan, don’t be too ungrateful.”
I didn’t beg her not to divorce me as I did in the past, but I calmly picked up the divorce agreement and read it over again.
Sure enough, it was the same as in the past. The company’s assets were not moved and the remaining real estate cash flow was willing to give me 30%.
But why?
I supported the company with my own hands and the reason for not making the relationship public was because of her self-esteem and vanity.
I stepped back behind the scenes, not to make room for her childhood sweetheart and his son!
I threw the agreement back on the coffee table looked up at her contemptuous expression of “as expected”.
I just looked at her calmly and then asked the doubts in my heart.
“So, today you used means to snatch Godfrey’s championship, is it also to force me to divorce?”
Alanna was stunned and seemed surprised by my calmness.
But she quickly came back to her senses, still looking arrogant.
“I used tricks? Didn’t you use any? Godfrey is already gifted and you took him to master classes and showed off on various self-media. If it weren’t for your management methods, how could he have so many fans at such a young age? Is this fair to Willard? What’s wrong with me helping him?! Willard works so hard, he deserves it! You should also let your son know that there is nothing to be proud of with talent!”
Listening to her unreasonable and strong sophistry, I was so angry that I laughed.
Godfrey prepared for this competition for three years.
In these three years, practicing the difficult operation of six-tone wheel fingering made him suffer a lot.
Even when he was sick, he had to insist on practicing and he didn’t dare to slack off every day.
As a mother, she only saw the efforts of others.
Even in her eyes, talent became a mistake.
Love and hate, it was really clear at a glance!
Seeing that I didn’t say anything, Alanna snorted coldly, took off the scarf and sat back on the sofa.
“Pour me a glass of water.”
I didn’t move. When I lowered my head, I saw her phone screen light up.
A text message from her childhood sweetheart asking, [Did he agree?]
I couldn’t help but sneer.
Alanna glared at me warningly, picked up her phone and unlocked it, then tapped her finger on the screen quickly.
After sending the message, she picked up her coat and was about to go out again.
I frowned and stopped her. “Godfrey fell off the stage and hurt his head today. Where are you going if you don’t accompany him as a mother?”
“Godfrey fell off the stage? No, what’s wrong with you as a father? You do nothing all day long. You can’t even take care of a child. What else can you do?”
My request to stay was only a rebuke from Alanna.
After the rebuke, she rolled her eyes at me impatiently, but she had no intention of staying.
“I have an urgent matter. Take good care of Godfrey.”
The urgent matter she mentioned was just to accompany Humphrey and his son.
Seeing her walk to the door to change shoes, without even opening the door to look at Godfrey, I couldn’t help but clench my fists.
“Alanna, do you like being a cheap mother to others so much?”
Alanna turned her head and looked at me, narrowing her eyes dangerously.
“Jordan, stop being mean. Willard is such a well-behaved and simple child, worthy of my love!”
So, Godfrey and I were not worthy?
Watching her slam the door without hesitation, I sneered in my heart.
In this case, Alanna, you were not worthy of my mercy!
That night, I did not go back to the master bedroom but squeezed in a little bed with my son.
He listened to my stories and told me secrets and for the first time, he did not mention Alanna.
I knew that he, like me many years ago, had completely given up on Alanna.
In fact, as early as when Humphrey returned to Agoburg and Alanna left me with a fever to meet him at the airport, I didn’t want her as a person.
But Godfrey didn’t want us to divorce. He didn’t want to be a child from a single-parent family, nor did he want to lose his mother.
I refused to divorce Alanna because I didn’t want Godfrey’s growth to be affected.
But I didn’t expect that Alanna’s preference for Humphrey and his son would be to the point of hurting her own son.
I touched Godfrey’s little face with pity and felt that I owed him a lot.
The next day, it rained heavily in the whole city.
The rare silence at the table made Alanna a little uncomfortable.
Alanna coughed uncomfortably, touched Godfrey’s head and said, “Godfrey, can mom take you to school today?”
Hearing this, my fingers that were contacting the taxi stopped.
Godfrey was not as happy as Alanna imagined, but just looked at the heavy rain outside the window in silence and nodded calmly.
This attitude made Alanna frown, stood up with a bang and dragged me to the kitchen.
“Jordan, did you say bad things about me to your son?”
“No.”
I shook her hand away impatiently.
Alanna snorted and laughed. “If you didn’t, how could Godfrey treat me like this? He used to like talking to me the most.”
I chuckled.
Yes, Godfrey used to like talking to her the most.
Every time at breakfast, he would chatter with her about what he saw and heard.
But how did Alanna react to it?
Her patience with Godfrey never exceeded ten minutes and she would frown and teach Godfrey a lesson.
“Godfrey, don’t talk while eating or sleeping. Follow the rules at the table.”
Every time Godfrey heard this, he always fell silent with a disappointed look on his face.
Alanna never thought that behind Godfrey’s chattering was a son’s heart that longed to be close to his mother.
Godfrey was never a child who didn’t follow the rules, but Alanna was too busy.
She went out early and came back late, either for social events or for overtime at the company.
The only time Godfrey could be with her was to have breakfast together every morning.
Alanna never realized that in this family, she was always the missing corner.
My laughter irritated Alanna.
She pulled me hard and rebuked me unhappily, “Why are you laughing when I ask you a question? You are so sarcastic every day and you have led the child astray.”
I turned my head away and met Godfrey’s gaze and the fire in my heart instantly subsided.
“Nothing, I’m just happy for you. Godfrey listened to you and remembered the rules at the table.”
“Is that so?”
Alanna was not very happy after hearing this.
I ignored her doubts, walked back to the table and whispered to Godfrey, “Do you really want Mom to send you?”
Godfrey nodded his little head. “Yes, every time it rains, Dad has to wet his clothes and shoes to protect me, I am also distressed.”
I smiled and touched his little head, still a little worried that Alanna could not take good care of the child. “But the injury on your head…”
Before we finished arguing, Alanna’s phone rang.
She answered it within two minutes, walked over quickly and said, “Godfrey, let Dad send you today, Mom has something to deal with.”
Before we could talk, she rushed out the door.
I looked at Godfrey worriedly, he was not sad or disappointed at all, just pouted and shrugged at me.
“It seems that my old father still has to work hard!”
I was amused by him and hugged him. “Your old father is very happy because you are my favorite.”
After sending Godfrey to school, I just got in the taxi and Alanna’s car stopped next to me.
She got out of the driver’s seat, holding an umbrella and walked around to the back seat to open the door and carried Willard out.
Humphrey followed them out to hold an umbrella for them and naturally hugged Alanna’s shoulders.
I frowned slightly.
When did Willard transfer to this school?
Alanna carried Willard all the way to the school gate before putting him down.
Willard pulled Alanna’s clothes and she squatted down obediently and then Willard kissed her on the side of her face.
Alanna’s smile was magnified and she also hugged Willard and kissed him.
It was really... a happy family of three!
My own son had never enjoyed such treatment for a day.
I smiled sarcastically and urged the driver to start the car.
However, Alanna and Humphrey’s good mood did not last long and the champion’s shady dealings broke out on the Internet.
In less than an hour, hot searches came onto the screen.
#The champion of the triennial classical instrument competition is suspected to be predetermined#
#Big competition, big production, or big shady dealings?#
#The first little prince voted for online but was defeated by the judges on the show#
#PASS four times in a row, the judges’ favorite turned out to be him#
I randomly clicked on a hot search, which was full of abuses against the program team and the judges.
[Are you blind? The young contestant with six consecutive tone wheel fingers is obviously very skilled and his proficiency in the instrument has reached the point of being handy. For such a performance, the judges gave 3 points? Can you not dig out your eyeballs and donate them?]
[Shady dealings, this program team is definitely shady dealings. Although Willard’s violin is not bad, it is too conventional. Even the song he chose is not difficult. It is not as interesting as the third place. How can he surpass the second place Godfrey?]
[Woo woo woo, he is only 8 years old. At an age when others can’t even practice strumming, he can actually do six-tone wheel fingering. You dog director, give him an explanation, or I’ll kill you.]
[Stop arguing, someone has already found out that the mother of the child, Willard, is the secretary of the big boss of the program group. The champion is just a pillow talk!]
[Godfrey’s online voting was several blocks ahead of other contestants in the third selection. Didn’t the program group say it was fair and just? Why didn’t the finals open online voting?]
I was about to scroll down when Alanna called.
“Jordan, are you the one who did all this online stuff?”
