Chapter 38: Her Painful Past

"You're my..."

I couldn't finish what I was about to say as I felt weaker. My body was weak, but my mind was still functioning.

Now I understand why mom used to tell me to stay away from Mason and Ash before. If she had only told me everything back then, the situation would be better than it is now. As much as I wanted to fight, I was too weak to do so, and this wasn't even my territory.

My vision started to blacken, but before I completely lost consciousness, I heard his final words.

"Kidnapper, Jade," he said, finishing my statement. "I was the one who took you away from home before."

Suddenly, I remembered something about my past-The day I found out my father was in a restaurant with another woman.

"Dad..." I muttered, seeing how my father kissed the woman torridly, which isn't my mom.

They weren't even embarrassed by the people around them at that moment. And even though my dad saw me staring at them from across the street, he didn't stop what he was doing. "I thought... you loved us?" I asked in a low tone.

I wanted to ask him that, but at the same time, I was afraid of what his answer would be. I wanted to be like him, but seeing this now, my respect for him was slowly fading away.

I was still in junior high school when I started noticing his red flags. He threatened mom and did bad things to her. I didn't speak up because I thought it would hurt my mom more if I interfered.

I thought that was normal in a relationship, but now I realize that pain and abuse should not be normalized, even in married life as they have.

Dad came to me, and looked me in the eye. He took out his wallet and counted his money in front of me. "I won't go home tonight, so tell that to your mother."

home, but now it seems we actually have

only the wealthy could enroll. I believed that if I could

questions. Go home and don't cause trouble here," he

correct, and I almost fell to the floor when I saw my piggy bank

I could do was stare

do all those part-time jobs and side hustles just for him to gamble it away. Sometimes, Mom even

and tearfully said to

my eyes when I saw that she had another bruise on her face and arm. I don't know what happened to

with her fingers,

held both of her hands on my cheeks. "I'll work to help you. I'll stop going to school if

she would agree to what I said. I was willing to do anything to get her out of here. Even if I had to make a huge sacrifice, I didn't care as long as we could

I didn't expect

"I love your dad."

but not for me. My heart instantly shattered because of

he did pass for now. He's only human and makes

harshly removing

than me, there's nothing I can

something else

street alone with nowhere to go. When I was to take another

nice to see you, Jade," an old man wearing a blue suit

put a handkerchief with a

up. You need

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