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!

whispered, “It’s

found a bonfire, warm enough to keep her from

Before Kerwin, she didn’t have to pretend and put up a front. All she needed was

entanglements, Betty finally drew the line with the Watsons once and for all. With all the childhood bullying, curse hurling, and torturing,

everything was fine now. She could finally rid herself of the Watsons for good! Betty felt the sudden relief. She marveled at the weight of the burden she had carried with herself for

in

wept her fill, Kerwin lowered his eyes at her, “Do you feel better now?”

nodded her head.

me about your

gently kissed her

started to tell Kerwin

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 went all the way

to Betty and let her lie down and rest her head on his lap, so she could feel more comfortable. “Kerwin, I love the sea. It gives me a sense of 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

Betty couldn’t help heaving a sigh. What had happened next was not

saw the smile on her face when the doll fell into the crack. Emily

closed her eyes slightly. At the recollection of that experience, she still felt so

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

noticed these ugly scars

of childhood naughtiness. The true story was

in seawater and hurt so bad, but Daisy and Emily took a cab and left me, saying Dad was waiting

she had gone a long way, hungry and exhausted,

had finished dinner and left nothing for her. So she had

had missed

her if she had had fun, Betty had been afraid that her mother would be upset and angered by the truth,

with a piteous

wanted to say something to console Betty, but he was never good at words, so he just held her tight in

her story and said in a low voice, “Do you regret letting the Watsons off

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