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!

her into his arms and whispered,

strong arms, Betty felt as if she had found a bonfire, warm

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

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

felt the sudden relief. She marveled at the weight

Betty in his arms

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

nodded her head.

to tell me about your past? I’m all ears. It also helps.”

kissed her

eyes and started to tell Kerwin about her

was a 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

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 sea was beautiful. I threw all my sorrows and worries in

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

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

recollection of that experience, she still felt

was the first time in 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

these ugly

of childhood naughtiness.

cab and left me, saying Dad was

she had gone a long way, hungry and

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

she had missed

that her mother would be upset and angered by the truth, so she told her she

eyes at Betty, with a piteous look in

say something to console Betty, but he was never good at words,

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

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