Chapter 293

Olivia stopped crying. She looked at Colin with misty eyes.

She could see her silhouette in his eyes.

There was no smidgen of boyish innocence on his handsome face. He seemed like a mature man.

Now, was there anything else that was holding her back from leaving?

Colin managed to get Jeff out of there. As long as she stayed alive, she could return at any time for revenge.

Ethan’s face crossed her mind, and she shook her head to get it off her mind. “No. But I would like to see my father before we leave. Is that alright?”

“Okay. I’ll make an arrangement for it,” Colin agreed to her request.

Olivia continued tending to his wound. Layer upon layer, she wrapped the bandage around his built body.

She was surprised to discover how many scars were on his body. “Colin, why do you have so many scars?”

“Olivia, I don’t think I’ve ever told you about my family. Do

all ears.” She fetched another basin of warm

wiped the

never once said that my father was

an abuser. A dangerous

hands, which were twisting the wet cloth,

appeared rather mature under the sheen of yellowish light. His body was built, unlike

raising his

all about money and alcohol. Whenever something bad happened to his business, he would always get home drunk and

my scars were left by him. My mother had always tolerated it

was until that snowy day when my father lost

skin. Olivia, have you heard the sound of hot iron searing the skin before? It’s the

meat.

half of it. Half of the iron

And she was pushed

at the mark on his waist.

a witness statement record, I told the police that she fell down the stairs. I did

back at her. “I was a very bad kid,

down his cheeks. “Because I don’t wanna

basin of water. She hugged

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