Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 412 Jumble Of Memories

“Don’t interfere in other people’s lives. Do you hear me?”

“Uncle,” Cherise sobbed.

Cherise wept uncontrollably, her eyes fixed on the man on the screen.

Memories of sitting on her uncle’s lap and begging him not to send her away flooded her mind.

“Silly girl,” her uncle had assured her, “I won’t have the heart to send you away.”

“Don’t forget that you begged me to keep you here.”

“Promise me you’ll never search for your biological parents.”

Cherise, who was seven at that time, nodded her head. “Alright.”

“You are the best, Uncle Shaw. I promise I won’t find them!”

Cherise’s tears streamed down her cheeks, her gaze fixed on Elvis’ face on the screen.

Uncle Shaw… is the best person I know.

But she didn’t feel like the best daughter.

She had never called him ‘Dad.’

her, he had always been

the ground like a relentless

Jack’s house and sprinted

at the heavy metal door and clutched the lock;

Sky and Tay.”

“Plumkin.”

want to

past flickered through Cherise’s mind, playing

gripped Sky’s and Tay’s

her chair. “A kid trying to take care of a kid. What a big kiddo you

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I am.” Cherise said proudly.

and set them out to dry. “She’s just like her uncle, always trying to act like

Sarah with a mischievous grin, his bare shoulders gleaming in the sunlight. He picked a berry from the bowl and popped it into his mouth. “Was I like

swatted him playfully on the back. “These are

“Sarah only has eyes for her own kids,” she said with a twinkle in

and get some from me.”

held onto Sky and Tay’s hands.

had just been accepted into one of the most prestigious high schools in town.

want to go to school. We

head gently. “Even if we are poor, we don’t need you to be the breadwinner. Your uncle can earn enough

“That’s right.”

he worked on his homework. Tay and I won’t even be able to get into school. We’ll need you to care for