Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 29

Chapter 29

The man appeared rough and somewhat intimidating. Over the years, the men i

had interacted with were all meticulously groomed and usually dressed in

suits and ties.

The appearance of this man gave me the impression that he'd just been released from prison.

I instinctively tightened my grip on my backpack. Lisa had slipped a pepper spray and folding knife into my bag before I had left.

But before I could reach for them, the man had already started the car without saying anything.

What did that look he had given me mean?

1 didn't understand. But my heart, which had been comforted upon arriving in this city, started to race erratically. Due to my wariness, I didn't take in the city's

scenery.

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got out. My heart finally relaxed after watching

to look for my parents' place. But now that I was

were puddles on the road. My suitcase couldn't be pulled along this street,

address was 42 Old Alley. I looked at the house numbers along the street, and I found it. There was even a

Only

I stepped inside. It was a small

a tree in the middle. It was too dark to see what

was a honey locust. It had been there since my

for someone or a place to stay?" an elderly voice asked.

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an old lady with gray hair, leaning on a

1. me.

want to rent a room," I said as I pointed to the

had mentioned that this courtyard has three rooms. The middle one was a living room for entertaining guests and

had left, and it had been renovated since then. Although the original traces were gone, I wanted to stay in the room that my parents had once stayed in. "That room's taken. You can stay in

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