Back to the Past: Breaking the Love Spell

Chapter 17

Carlisle wore a raincoat before quickly speeding toward Christine’s residential area.

It was th

the

beginning of June. Despite the rain, the air was still hot and humid.

The muscles in his legs tightened as his bicycle chain began to creak due to it being too long since he

last oiled it.

The rain poured on endlessly.

Suddenly, the chains in his bicycle finally broke due to the tension,

Fuck.

Carlisle cursed as he stopped his bicycle by the roadside and began to repair the chain.

He had used his bicycle for more than three years. Fixing the chain was easy. He had finished it within ten minutes and was back on the road.

To stop his chain from breaking once more, he had found a shop for bicycles and asked for some oil. The repairman didn’t charge him after hearing that he was heading to attend his SATS.

The houses in the Helios Village were mostly made out of plywood.

also a landfill nearby that stretched out from the county to the suburbs. Yet, no professionals were around to clean

the disgusting smell of trash

the bed while feeding her grandma breakfast in a simple

simple and crude. But it was able to shelter them

house was also clean.

A middle–aged woman walked in. The woman’s clothes were ripped and had several patches all over the shirt.

why are you here?” Christine quickly put the food in

be having

hands. “That won’t do. I can’t take any

Jefferson took out a stack of crumpled notes. But it consisted mostly of loose change as most notes were one-dollar bills. There were hardly any

were working in another city. But ever since two

past few years, she had survived high school through the small amount

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for her

money into

and said, “Christine, you are the light and hope for our small village. You should focus on your exams. I’ll take

grown up in the village. Her grandma had also helped

paralyzed, her parents abandoned shoulder the weight of the family at a

was forced

took it upon themselves to care

fell down the corner of her eyes as she choked on

everyone too. I definitely won’t let all of you

for the past few days. She knew she had to get into a university and make a name for herself to repay their kindness.

about time now. You should hurry to school!” Grace

late for

got it. Then, I’ll have to trouble you with caring for my