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!

pulled her into his arms and whispered, “It’s OK

and strong arms, Betty felt as if she had found a bonfire, warm enough to keep her from any cold sarcasm and sharp criticism.

have to pretend and put up a front. All she needed was to have a

bullying, curse hurling, and torturing, and all the shaming and name calling after she grew up, Betty wondered

everything was fine now. She could finally rid herself of the Watsons for good! Betty felt the sudden relief. She

Betty in his arms

Kerwin lowered his eyes at her, “Do you

nodded her

willing to tell me about your

kissed her on the cheek.

and started to tell Kerwin about her

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 the other side 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 together with them. We actually had fun as a family

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

smile on her face when the doll fell into the crack. Emily cried and screamed. Daisy got anxious, so she ordered me to climb down the crack. She said I was small

her eyes slightly. At the recollection of

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

had noticed these

them. because of childhood naughtiness. The true story

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

she had gone a long way, hungry and exhausted, her wounds hurting so

they had finished dinner and left nothing for her. So she had been starved for the

had missed

Sherry asked her if she had had fun, Betty had been afraid that

with

to console Betty, but he was never good at

sighed after finishing her story and said in a low

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