Chapter 256 Dodo The Child
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Dodo was the son of the masked man.
Five months ago, the masked man had brought Raylee back from the graveyard. He tended to her wounds and healed her without asking for anything in return, providing her with the best living conditions possible.
His sole condition was for her help him take care of the child.
He told her that his home needed a lady of the house, and Dodo needed a mother.
At that time, Raylee had just lost her grandmother, leaving her both physically and emotionally weak.
Having never cared for a child before, she was worried that she wasn’t up to the task, so she declined.
However, the masked man had informed her that Dodo was suffering from autism.
At the age of four, he still hadn’t started speaking. The doctor suggested that it could be due to the absence of his mother, which might have left him with psychological issues.
Back then, she sympathized with Dodo.
The child, just like her, was also someone who had been dealt a rough hand by fate.
Eventually, Raylee agreed to become Dodo’s mother, shouldering the responsibility of being the lady of the house.
The masked man also kept his promise. He used every resource at his disposal to heal her wounds and cure her illness. Furthermore, he provided her with a lifestyle that was beyond luxury.
During the second month of her becoming Dodo’s mother, Dodo began to speak.
Raylee experienced an unparalleled sense of accomplishment, one that she had never felt before. It came to a climax the moment Dodo called her mommy.
Ever since then, she had completely embraced her role as a mother.
Moreover, her relationship with the masked man, initially in name, eventually gained its essence.
She always thought that destiny had led her to cross paths with this father and son.
The reboot of her wretched life gave her something to look forward to, filling her future with hope.
Dodo hurried over to the masked man, his tiny, plump hands tugging at the latter’s sleeve.
He wasn’t making a request, but rather a demand. “I want to go to school with Mommy!”
The masked man objected, “Dodo, enough with your nonsense. Hurry up and take a bath, then go to sleep. You need to be ready for kindergarten tomorrow. Your condition has just started to improve, so your priority should be to spend more time with people your own age.”
Dodo, who was ruthlessly rejected, left in a huff.
Raylee intended to chase after him to coax him, but the masked man firmly held her back. “Let him be. You can’t always indulge him, as you’ll end up spoiling him instead.”
“But I just want to spoil him and give him all my love!” remarked the helpless Raylee. “In this household, I play the good cop; you play the bad cop. Stuck between you and our son, I feel like I’m trapped between a rock and a hard place. Being a stepmother is no easy task!”
