His Destructive, Toxic Love

Eliza set the breakfast on the table. She glanced at Casper, sitting motionless on the floor and walked over to him gently. Her warm and gentle voice reminded him, "Breakfast is ready."

Only then did he lift his face from his knees. At that moment, Brock also came out of the bathroom. He looked at Casper's face and paused. "Uncle? Isn't that Mr. Casper? Mom, I thought Mr. Casper was dead. He..." "He..." Eliza didn't really know how to explain, "...just looks like him."

Brock shook his head in disagreement. "He is Mr. Casper. I recognize Mr. Casper."

Brock walked up to Casper and took his big hand. "Mr. Casper, you're not dead? That's great. As long as you're here, no kids will bully me anymore."

Eliza was speechless.

Were kids bullying her son? She hadn't heard him mention that.

"Mr. Casper, let's have breakfast together."

Casper didn't show any aversion to Brock, letting him lead by the hand to the breakfast table.

"Mr. Casper, I'll peel an egg for you. I am really good now." Although Brock didn't peel the egg perfectly, he did it with great joy. "Here, eat this."

Casper glanced at Brock. Then he looked down at the egg in the small hand and bent down to bite into it.

Brock blinked, somewhat incredulous. "Mom, why did Mr. Casper bite my egg? What's wrong with him?"

"He..."

"Is Mr. Casper sick?" There was a touch of compassion in Brock's eyes. He took Casper's big hand and rubbed it against his small face. "It's okay, Mr. Casper. I'll take care of you." Eliza couldn't quite name the feeling in her heart. She felt a bit mushy inside.

"Knock, knock."

Someone knocked on the door. Eliza's heart skipped a beat. She quickly put down her fork and went to open the door.

A police officer stood at the door. "Are you Valerie?"

"I am." Eliza didn't know what was happening.

Gina burst out from behind the

officer. Her forehead was bandaged,

and she began accusing Eliza, "Officer, it's her. She pushed me down the stairs. And, she's hiding my husband. You need to search inside quickly."

"Did you push her down the stairs?" the officer asked sternly.

Eliza simply admitted, "She was trespassing. Of course, I couldn't just let her into my home."

"And her husband? You're hiding him?"

"I..."

Gina saw Eliza hesitate and hurriedly added, "Officer, why waste words with her? My man is definitely inside. Just search, and you'll know."

Without a word, the officer walked into Eliza's home. Gina's sharp eyes spotted Casper first and exclaimed, "Officer, look, I told you. She's hiding my man."

Facing the plump woman, Brock spread his arms in front of Casper. "Officer, this is Mr. Casper, not her man. She must have mistaken him for someone else." "That's not Mr. Casper, you little brat. That's my man, Sam, step aside."Content bel0ngs to Nôvel(D)r/a/ma.Org.

Gina pushed Brock aside. He was unable to withstand the force and fell out. Eliza quickly came over, helping Brock up from the ground She was displeased and looked at Gina. "Why would you push a child? If you say he's your man, then show ushis ID and your marriage certificate."

The plump woman was flustered, hemming and hawing. She neither produced the documents nor admitted she didn't have them. The officer turned to the plump woman, reminding her, "Come on now

Please, show me your documents."