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 want to cry.”

a bonfire, warm enough to keep her from any cold sarcasm and sharp criticism.

his arms, releasing all her grievances from since she was a child. Before Kerwin, she didn’t have to pretend and put up

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

for good! Betty felt the sudden relief.

wrapped Betty in

she had wept her fill, Kerwin lowered his eyes

her head.

me about your

kissed her on

to tell Kerwin about her childhood misery.

him, “When I 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 sea. I had only read from the books that

romantic place, which I had waited for so long. Mom was so busy so she was actually

help heaving a sigh. What

smile on her face when the doll fell into the crack. Emily cried and screamed. Daisy got anxious, so

slightly. At the recollection of that

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.

these ugly scars before.

had gotten them. because of

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

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

finished dinner and left

she had missed her mother.

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

Betty, with a piteous

he was never good at words, so he

a low voice,

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