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!

and whispered, “It’s OK if you

as if she had found a bonfire, warm enough to keep her from any cold sarcasm and sharp

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

and for all. With all the childhood bullying, curse hurling, and torturing, and all the shaming and name calling after she grew up, Betty wondered what a life she

the Watsons for good! Betty felt the sudden relief. She marveled at the weight of the

Betty in

had wept her fill, Kerwin lowered his

nodded her

me about your past? I’m all

gently kissed her on

dried her eyes and started to tell Kerwin about her

little kid, the Watsons said one day that they’d take me with 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

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 together with them. We actually had fun as

a sigh. What had happened next was not

fallen into the crack or she had done it just to frame me, because I swear I saw the 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 and only

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

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 ugly scars before.

of

continued woefully, “My wounds had been soaked in seawater and hurt so bad, but Daisy and Emily took a cab and left me, saying Dad was waiting for them for dinner. So I had

long way, hungry

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

she had missed

if she had had fun, Betty had been afraid that her mother would be upset

at Betty, with a piteous look in

console Betty, but he was never good at words, so he just held her tight in his

a low voice, “Do you regret letting the Watsons

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