Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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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car finally stopped, I paid and got out. My heart finally relaxed

already 10:00 pm. Coming here was indeed imprudent. I could've waited until daytime to look for my parents' place. But now that I was here, there was no point in

was uneven with potholes, and there were puddles on the road. My suitcase couldn't be pulled along

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

place? Only a fool

It was a small

in the middle. It was

was a honey locust. It had been there

you looking for someone or a place to

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see an old lady with gray hair, leaning on a thin

1. me.

as I pointed to the easternmost

has three rooms. The middle one was a living room for entertaining guests and watching TV. The

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