Crossroads

Chapter 308

Stephanie hadn’t planned to spend the night there. But since it was Christmas, she thought she should at least have dinner with her aunt. However, as soon as she stepped into Diana’s house, she found herself unable to muster the courage to gu

inside.

“I… I have to go.” Stephanie suddenly froze at the doorway, her nerves on edge, her eyes fixed on the two urns in the large cabinet at the center of the house. Her voice turned hoarse and strained, and she quickly turned and ran

Diana followed behind her, startled by her sudden departure, and shouted, “Steffi, what’s wrong? Did something happen?”

Diana didn’t catch how pale Stephanie’s face had turned, but her hurried steps made it seem like she was running from something.

As the figure ahead grew smaller in the distance, Diana grew increasingly anxious and worried. She immediately dropped the fruit basket and supplements she was holding to chase after ber. But Diana couldn’t keep up with Stephanie’s pace. “Steffi, whatever trouble you’re in, you should tell me. I’m your aint. Don’t you trust me anymore?”

Diana’s father and sister had passed away, making Stephanie her closest kin. She had watched Stephanie grow up, always considering her the dearest person in her life. They had endured hard times together after leaving Reed Villa, relying on each other for many years, but now they seemed like strangers.

“No matter what I did before, I would never hurt you.” Diana’s voice was filled with sorrow, and her last words were coming out in a sob.

“Everyone says they won’t hurt me, but you kept me in the dark just because I didn’t ask doesn’t mean I didn’t know!” Stephanie stopped in her tracks, turned back, and faced her so–called family member, her voice trembling and rising in pitch from the intensity of her emotions. Sᴇaʀch Thᴇ ꜰindNʘvel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

having disliked doing so since she was a child. Whether it was the Reed family, the Nelson family, or the sisters, Claire and Courtney, Stephanie told herself to ignore what she could tolerate and fight back against what she couldn’t.

believed that hatred would make her soul turn hideous and twisted, causing

it, but she

Her mother had been too weak to care for her much after giving birth, making Diana her closest female elder. Diana was even

been for these incidents, Stephanie wouldn’t have talked back to her. She lowered her head and softly vowed. “Diana, after everything is settled, I’ll go with you to Briarwood for

Christmas. Take good care of yourself, and don’t worry about me.” She still didn’t

returned home and stood at the doorway, she saw the two urns on the wooden cabinet in the living room. It was only then that she realized why her niece had run out so frantically. It was because she had seen them.

over just

it seriously this time. She had

to respectfully honor their remains by praying for them every day. It was said this could bring peace to their souls. She was filled with remorse, merely wanting

Christmas dinner, and thought for a while. Suddenly, she lifted her head and looked at the two

aren’t settled yet?”

the center of Eastwall Plaza. Unlike the beautiful and romantic lights of last night’s Christmas Eve, the plaza was bustling

eyes to the right and saw the same young girl, about seven or eight years old, from the previous night, politely trying to sell

by the little girl’s persistence, gave her a nasty look and walked away arrogantly. The girl timidly lowered her head and

level with

for a moment?”

widened as she looked at Stephanie’s face. At first, she was too shy to speak. After a minute or so,

to the basket of roses in the little girl’s arms and said, “I want

little girl’s face lit up with surprise. “You want to buy all my roses?”

not to sell to girls. This