Whenever I saw him frown and raise his voice, a silent fear would crawl into my heart.
I tried to guide him with all the gentleness a mother had, hoping to soften the sharp edges of his character.
In the end, Nicholas did not let me down. He graduated with honors, quickly found a good job in a large city, and eventually rose to become a regional manager for a famous corporation.
He married a gentle, kindhearted woman named Hazel.
At last, the heavy burden on my shoulders seemed to lift, and I believed that from then on I would enjoy a peaceful, comfortable life, caring for my rose bushes in the morning and walking with the other elderly women in town in the evening.
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