Husband you've abandoned me. Fine, I'll focus on raising my son-Chapter 235: Gaslighting mother

JASMINE POV

I woke up with a start. Like a gust of wind had blown past me. I looked in the direction of the doors to my room and heard footsteps slowly walking away. I was sure I had sensed someone in my room and hovering above me.

Did I imagine that I wondered. Was it Keith?

The idea of him coming into my room without my knowing, and especially when I was asleep, was unsettling and sent shivers down my spine.

I got up and out of bed. I looked at all the paperwork I had been going through that was on the bedside table.

I was feeling tired and spent. I had been staying up for several nights now.

I recalled that Keith had gone to the bank to receive information on the bank account that was tampered with by Diana and her sponsor. I was glad they finally caught the culprit. Hopefully, we were a step closer to finding out who was helping Diana. Because it certainly wasn’t her who had changed the statements, so hopefully the sponsor would come to light.

I got back to looking through the documents, and after about half an hour, Nurse Anne came into the room with my meal and to help me take my medicine.

In the last week, I had felt my breathing slowly improve. Even the swelling in my leg was slowly healing. I predicted that in another week I’d be able to walk properly. Which would help when I escaped.

After working in my room for most of the morning, after lunch, I decided to go outside and take a walk around the gardens.

My mind was on Tony, Louis, and my long-term plan to escape Keith. I still hadn’t quite figured it out.

"Jasmine, how are you?" I heard a familiar female voice a short distance away from me. Brought out of my thoughts I turned around and found an elderly woman approaching me from where I was in the garden. She had greying strawberry blonde hair that was well styled. After a moment, I recognised it was Keith’s mother.

Keith’s mother entered the shed and drew closer to me. I looked in the corner and saw Keith watching from a distance like a creep. My eyes narrowed as I wondered what this was about.

I made stand up from my chair to hug her back. "Oh no darling, I know you’re injured please sit,"she told me.

"Ms..." I contemplated how I should address her. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"You can call me Lauren as you always have," she told me. She always had me call her Lauren when I was together with Keith.

"Lauren," I said accepting her request. Unlike, Keith’s father who was a bit difficult to talk

Lauren was friendlier to me and often had pleasant small talk .

My eyes averted back to Keith who stared for another movement before turning away and leaving. He wasn’t coming and joining his mother, why is that?

"Would you like a cup of tea?" I offered.

"What are you doing here? " I asked Lauren. "Keith hadn’t informed me you were coming to the house." I told her.

I went to see Keith at the Acland HQ and thought I pass by the estate and see you as well," she explained. " Given everything you’re going through I thought you would need support."

"Thank you, Lauren," I slowly answered.

"I’m sorry about your son, I hope you find him soon," she told me.

"I hope so too," I replied politely. Silence ensued between us.

"How are you holding up?" She asked me

"As best as I can," I replied.

I stared at her carefully, wondering where this conversation was going. She came to me and Keith had stayed behind...

"...Look, I know this whole situation has been a lot for you...." She trailed of and her gaze on me intensified. Looks like I didn’t have to wonder for too long what she wanted to say to me.

"I understand you’re upset with Keith and the situation that unfolded with Diana and her son. I want you to know that Keith would have never chosen Diana if he had known," she told me. "You now both have a common goal of finding your son and so I hope you understand."

"He has a conservator ship over me, Lauren, I can’t leave him of my own accord," I explained to her how ridiculous this whole thing was.

She stared at me but she didn’t seem to be registering what I was saying.

"He’s doing it to protect you," she continued. "You’re both under threat until you find your son and the situation is resolved. I’ve heard that you have some young lover that you found for yourself when you and Keith were going through your rough patch but I hope that

Lauren had come here to convince me to stay with Keith...

My lips pressed into a thin line I realized both of Keith’s parents didn’t care what Keith did to me. This was just a lover’s quarrel to them. She had already picked her side coming in to talking to me. She was here to convince me of her side.

Say I was technically safer with Keith and his bodyguards; he never allowed me to decide that myself. He was deciding everything for me which was the problem.

As I said, Jasmine, I understand he made a mistake, and so does he. He is extremely regretful of what happened between you two and wants to get everything back to how it was before. It’s only been two years since the situation unfolded and Diana returned. My son cares for you deeply.

I shook my head in disapproval. "We’ve had a loveless arranged marriage for 9 years. Why would we save that?" I asked her. "There are so many beautiful women out there he can choose from who would be more than happy to be his lover."

"You have a child together, Jasmine. Anthony still young and you two both care for him."