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!

into his arms and whispered, “It’s OK

had found a bonfire, warm enough to keep her from any cold sarcasm and

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

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

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

in his

Kerwin lowered his eyes at her, “Do you

nodded her

me about your past? I’m all

gently kissed her on the

and started to tell Kerwin about her

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 went

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 together with them. We actually had fun as a family at the seaside. The sea was beautiful. I threw all

heaving a sigh. What

really 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

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

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 rocks

noticed these ugly scars before.

them. because of

seawater and hurt so bad, but Daisy and Emily took a cab and left

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

she had been back, they had finished dinner and left nothing for

night, she had missed her

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

at Betty, with a piteous look in them.

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

low voice,

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