Chapter 808

Maja shouldn’t have to deal with all this crap. She was trying to understand: where did her uncle and aunt go wrong? They’ve never left Crystalbrook Valley, always influenced by their surroundings.

They lived in a culture where boys were favored over girls, so naturally they followed suit. So when they found out Olivia was carrying a boy, their decision made sense to them.

It’s not that they were heartless; their worldview was just that narrow.

Furious, Maja cut ties with everyone and never thought their next encounter would be like this.

Four lonely graves sat there in silence, and she sat there until night fell. Only then did she get up, rub her numb legs, and drive away.

But just as she was about to open the car door, she saw another car parked not far away, just a run–of–the–mill car.

Who would come here at this hour?

She didn’t give it a second thought and got into her own car.

In the other car, lan sat.

The car window was cracked open, letting in the mountain wind.

Cigarette butts lay scattered under the window; clearly, he had been waiting for a while.

fancy car, Maja would

he swapped

late, and Maja would probably head to Riverside Haven.

he just had to drive there too, pretend it was a coincidence,

watched Maja’s car disappear from sight before slowly pressing the

Maja, he drove around town and heard Maja spent her last year of high school here, so he went to her high

black; he couldn’t see the school’s

to Riverside Haven and quietly switched

he was led to his

he asked, “Did anyone else

you mean

dealt with Maja several times, and with the Elston family’s incident, her name was well–known in

sudden tightness in his

yours. If you don’t like it, I can.”

that Mr. Raymond didn’t like women too close to

no

but his pace

room, he recalled

wall quietly,

beauty of the painting; she seemed to be part of

moment, he felt a stir, but chalked it up to admiration for her

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