From Sneers to Cheers: Anthea’s Ascent

Chapter 174

An unhappy family could ruin a child. If Sarch chose to bring her child into such a world, it wouldn’t just be irresponsible to herself.

It would also be irresponsible to the child.

And so, terminating the pregnancy seemed like the only reasonable option

As the words hung in the air, Anthes spoke up. “Sarah, you’re only 20. Your life is a blank canvas, filled with endless possibilities. There’s no reason to waste your youth on a loser like Lacy. Trust me, you’ll regret it otherwise.”

20 years old, the age of bloom. Anthea genuinely didn’t want Sarah to live a life of regret

Holding her stomach, Samh stammered, “But… it’s a life, isn’t it? Things can’t be that bad, right? it’s just $80,000. Maybe we should just forget about it? Perhaps Lacy and his folks are just upset because I asked for that money, and it’s all just a big misunderstanding. They’re actually pretty decent people…

Ask them to drop the whole money issue.

They/lete

Her voice trailed off, and then she hesitated, “Ann, could you talk to my parents? Ask them to to you. If you speak up, they’ll surely agree.”

Anthea frowned slightly, “So, Sarah, you still think this is about the money?”

Sarah was taken aback. Wasn’t it?

Anthea stood up from the sofa, “Wait here, Sarah”

She soon retumed with her laptop in hand.

her face. She leaned over the laptop, tapping rapidly on the keyboard, then glanced over, “Sarah, the

was simple, yet somehow

how do you

this,” Anthea said, hitting the

with cunosity,

screen showed a living room with three

and his parents? Sarah gasped in astonishment. “Is that their living

people, kept a lot of cash at home. To

Anthea nodded

did you get

didn’t go into detail, simply saying, “Found it online”

started with Lacy

good news‘

Debra began her tirade, calling Sarah every name under the sun, convinced that she was only after the Brown family

to defend Sarah. But as the video played on, it was clear that he had started to agree with his mother!) Sarah

eyes,

covered her mouth in disbelief.How could this be? Was this how she was perceived by Lacy and his family? That everything she had done, in their eyes, had an ulterior motive? It was utterly

the end of the video, Sarah’s face was streaked with tears.

her hopes had been nothing

could be deceivers

Sarah said, Jooking up at

you sure?”