Cindy was the only exception. -

"It's okay now," Daniel reassured Maisie, gently stroking her back as if comforting a child. "From now on, you can stay here and leave behind all your family worries. Focus on what you want to do."

"Mm."

"But..." Daniel hesitated, wanting to gauge her feelings. "Do you hope for your family's house to be demolished?"

Maisie paused and gently shook her head.

"Why?"

"It's not that I don't hope for it." She looked up at him and smiled. "I'm indifferent. Even if it's demolished, I won't receive any compensation, let alone the house.

"To be honest, my mom's actions have left me and Nicole quite disappointed. Aren't we her biological daughters? Why is she treating us this way?"

she felt indifferent about it, he would proceed with the changed blueprints. If she ever desired

putting on his coat and looking at her.

nodded, saw him off at the door, and watched him enter

felt a little absent-minded and somewhat downcast. They had come so close,

of red, and she quickly erased those erotic thoughts from her mind,

-

seemed to have forgotten what it was like when she used to endure the scorching sun and the rain, conditions far worse than this shanty area, during her

in a leadership position, and this kind of

office, chatting with him over afternoon tea, was a

high heels through the dusty area. She found Maisie's home based on the address she had obtained.

and sentence was a complaint about life's unfairness, crude and vulgar, insulting to the ears

this must be Maisie's

her head out, scrutinizing her from head to

precautions. "Is this the home of Ms.

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