Chapter 158 Childhood Memory

The moment she walked out of the Watson villa, Betty suddenly felt very lost.

So this was the closure…

From this day on, she did not owe Roger anymore, she did not owe the Watsons anymore. And whatever the Watsons had done to her did not matter anymore either.

From now on, all she had was but her mother.

Technically, it was not totally true.

She still had Kerwin.

At the thought of that, she suddenly felt all warm and strong.

After she left the Watson villa, Kerwin took

Betty in the car and let Peter drive them home.

On the way, Betty either was lost in her thoughts or kept her head low with red-rimmed eyes.

Kerwin thought he should give Betty the time to let it all out.

She was exhausted. With all these bad memories coming back in one day, only a strong-willed mind would be able to take all of it.

In the face of the bombardment from the

Watsons, the heart of the frail-looking Betty must have been broken into millions of pieces. Only God knew how sad she must be!

his arms and whispered,

Betty felt as if she had found a bonfire, warm enough

she was a child. Before Kerwin, she didn’t have to pretend and put

bullying, curse hurling, and torturing, and all the shaming and name calling after she grew up, Betty wondered what a life she had had!

the sudden relief. She marveled at the weight of the burden she had carried with herself for all these years.

Betty in his arms quietly.

had wept her fill, Kerwin lowered his eyes at her, “Do you

her head.

tell me about your

kissed her on the

to tell Kerwin about her

them for a trip to the seaside. I was exhilarated. I had never seen the sea. I had only read from the books that the sea was blue. That the stretch of the coastline

security. We went to Mauritius that time, it was a romantic place, which I had waited for so long. Mom was so busy so she was actually in favor of me going on a trip together with them. We actually had fun as a family at the seaside. The

which, Betty couldn’t help heaving a sigh.

swear I saw the smile on her face when the doll fell into the crack. Emily cried and screamed. Daisy

At the recollection of that experience, she still felt so

my life I was that close to the sea. There were so many rocks, overgrown with pointy shells and slippery seaweeds. But still, I climbed in. God knew how hard I had tried to reach for that doll and get it. I scraped my arms and legs on the rocks and shells.

these ugly scars before.

had gotten them. because of childhood naughtiness. The true story was unexpected

bad, but Daisy and Emily took a cab and left me, saying Dad was waiting for them for dinner. So I had

gone a long way,

time she had been back, they had finished dinner and left nothing for her. So she had been starved for

had missed her

that

Betty, with a piteous

he was never good at words, so he

her story and said in a low voice, “Do you

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