Chapter 78

Ryder didn't say anything. He just stood there fixed in one spot. She missed him? If she really missed him then why did she leave him without even saying as much as a single word? Why did she disappear from his life then? He could understand if she wanted to leave his father because she no longer wanted to stay married to him. Anyway, as long as she wasn't happy, Ryder won't force his mother to stay in an unhappy marriage for his sake. She could have divorced if she wanted to. But why did she abadon her teenage son? He needed answers for that! "Mom....why did you leave back then?" Ryder asked. Kate froze when she heard that. She had imagined countless scenarios that was going to play out when she met her son again. She thought that as long as she acted pitiful and told him that she missed him, she was going to get her son to pity her. She felt that once he pities her, all of her plans are going to work well without a hitch. She was planing to use his feelings against him. So she