Chapter 7

The weather was cool in mid-January, with the rain drizzling endlessly outside.

Nicole's eyes dimmed a little when they darted upon the date. Today was January 18-her mother's death anniversary.

Nicole had wanted to take Hayden to visit her mother today, but the weather was really bad, so she decided to only do so after the weather had gotten better.

The graveyard was desolate with few people. Holding a bouquet of flowers in one hand and a black umbrella in the other, Nicole slowly walked up to her mother's grave. To her surprise, there was already a man and a woman standing before the grave. The woman was Queenie, whereas the man was William Anderson-her so-called father.

William's wrinkled face had a touch of emotion to it. "It's been a while since we last saw each other, Nicole. I heard from Queenie that you're back, so I came here to wait for you, thinking that you'd be coming here." When he heard from Queenie that Nicole had come back, he had been somewhat skeptical. After some mental calculations, he realized that Nicole's mother's death anniversary was around the corner.

Since Nicole was very attached to her mother, she would definitely come here to visit her mother's grave. Therefore, he came here early in the morning to wait for Nicole, and here she was, coming just as expected.

William was ashamed of what had happened five years ago. However, it was all thanks to it that Queenie managed to attach herself to the Gardner Family, which resulted in a turnaround for the then-declining Anderson Family. He would never allow anyone—including his biological daughter right before him—to destroy the Andersons' peace!

walked past the hypocritical man before her. "Go away! Don't disturb my mom's

be bygones, Nicole. Let's have

William said, Nicole placed flowers on her mother's grave and paid her respects. After that,

how Nicole looked down her nose at them. Just what entitles thisb*tch

though

stopped in her

"If you want to get her stuff, then

she thought. Five years ago, in order to save her mother from a disease, she came here in tears to borrow money from the Andersons, only to enter into a deal where she had prostituted herself in return. To

acting all caring as though he

let out a sneer. This scumbag of a man had been fooling around outside when Mom was pregnant, she thought. Nicole's mother had been in poor health ever since she gave birth to Nicole, but William forced her into divorce when Nicole was eight years old. After the divorce, Nicole's mother was

after the divorce, William married Nicole's stepmother, who brought along with her a little girl-Queenie-who was merely three months Nicole's junior. Nicole's stepmother detested Nicole, so it was routine for the then little Nicole to be cold-shouldered, fed with spoiled food, and beaten up savagely, but William

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