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?"

unsure of how to console her. Since she felt indifferent about it, he would proceed with the changed blueprints.

and looking at her. "I need to handle some work at the office, so I

door, and watched him enter the elevator before slowly returning to

little absent-minded and somewhat downcast. They

and she quickly erased those erotic thoughts from her mind, focusing

-

was like when she used to endure the scorching sun and the rain, conditions far worse than this shanty area, during her days as

in a leadership position, and this kind of place no

and well-lit office, chatting with him over afternoon tea, was

area. She found Maisie's home based on the address she had obtained. Before she could knock,

sentence was a complaint about life's unfairness, crude and vulgar,

be Maisie's

Cindy stuck her head out, scrutinizing her from head to toe, furrowing her brows as she

took precautions. "Is this the home

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