C1525 Successor Chapter Not the Reunion of Enemies

His heart had been so blinded by lard that he had thought she had betrayed him for money, and now he thought that if he had only been a little more sober, or if he had had someone to find out what had happened afterwards, he would not have let her and the child go on their way for so many years.

Joey ignored Maureen's warning and moved his stool to sit next to her. He hugged her and kissed her