Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem novel Chapter 923

In the video, someone asked Gideon if he still remembered Kelsey.

Gideon shot back, incredulously,

"Kelsey? Who's Kelsey? I don't know her, never had anything to do with her. You sure you've got the right guy?!"

"You raped her, forgotten that?"

Gideon was visibly agitated, and it wasn't an act,

"I never laid a hand on a woman named Kelsey, you've got it all wrong! If you don't believe me, bring this Kelsey woman here, let her confront me face to face! Bring her here! Now!"

Ah, the irony—

He personally led Kelsey to her demise, and now he claimed ignorance of her very existence!

One would rather believe Gideon was denying his crime, blatantly lying!

But tragically, Gideon was not!

He genuinely did not recognize Kelsey's name!

Unaware of who Kelsey was, let alone feeling any remorse or guilt.

For years, the only one tormented by psychological agony was me!

My mother was taken from me, my father, my two brothers—all gone. I've been living a nightmare, barely surviving, enduring excruciating mental torture day and night!

And yet, Gideon, the root cause of all this misery, had long forgotten about it.

Forgotten, or never bothered to remember.

The lives of my family, in Gideon's eyes, seemed less significant than that of an ant!

Dead, just dead. That's all.

Worthless, not even worth mentioning.

Ah!

How tragic, how heart-wrenching!

How could I not feel pain? How could I not harbor hatred?

The pain was so intense it felt as though my heart was being violently ripped apart, making it hard to breathe!

"Daddy said, a lie told for a good reason is okay. If Daddy lies, Baby won't be mad, Baby loves Daddy."

"...What if, one day, you discovered Daddy was actually a bad person, would you hate Daddy?"

"Hmm? Daddy knows bad people aren't happy, Daddy won't be a bad person. Daddy said, bad people live with heavy hearts, good people are happy. Daddy told Baby to always be a good person, Daddy won't be a bad person."

Keith felt a lump in his throat, at a loss for words, and pulled the little girl into his embrace,

"Baby, Daddy loves you, will always love you. No matter what Daddy's been through, what Daddy's done, my love for you will never change, I'll love you more with each passing day."

Baby responded, "Baby loves Daddy too, forever and ever, to Baby, you're the best Daddy in the whole wide world!"

Keith's eyes welled up, nearly overwhelmed by emotion.

All the sweet nothings in the world couldn't compare to Baby's simple declaration of love!

Keith sniffled, wiping away Baby's tears once more,

"I'm sorry, I scared you. Daddy was just thinking about family members who've passed away, that's why I was upset. You don't have to worry, Baby."

Baby, mimicking the comforting gestures she'd seen Keith use, gently patted his head, offering solace in her own tender way.