Fletcher listened to Morwenna's pleading tone and felt a pang in his heart.

To think she was still worried about Stuart after how he had treated her.

Despite himself, Fletcher spoke up in Stuart's defense, "Wenna, don't take today too hard. When Adelaide was a child, she saved Stuart's life. There was an accident afterwards, and she fell very ill. Stuart rushed to her aid because he feared something might happen to her."

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She said she wasn't upset, but Fletcher could hear a trace of sadness in her voice.

Unable to bear seeing the young girl sad, Fletcher tried to lighten the mood, "By the way, Wenna, how old are you now? I heard you just graduated from high school. Are you of age yet to be married to Stuart?' He now refrained from calling her Mrs. Hetfield, worrying it might upset her.

Morwenna honestly replied, "I just turned 20 last month. We didn't have much money growing up, so I started school a couple of years late."

Fletcher sank his heart. Every time he interacted with Morwenna, he cursed himself and Stuart.

who had once struggled

of his mind to think she

it was time to give Stuart a piece of

phone, Morwenna finally

woke up at six in

she finished freshening up, her phone began

she was curious about who could be calling so

she checked, it

dread filled her heart. The principal had mentioned more than once before the semester that he thought about giving up on the school. Now, his call seemed ominous. She

old voice on the other end sounded weary. "Wenna, the school might have to

happened?" Morwenna

and even the walls are cracking. After this summer, the old building from decades ago is just too

going to send money for new books and supplies

grain from my farm, but all I can muster is $80,000. It's not

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