My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

From Anne's perspective, the money that Evan spent didn't belong to her. Hence, subconsciously, perhaps Hendrix still wasn't considered family to her.

After thinking for a moment, I said, "I'll pay Mr. Garland back. Anne, you'll grow up eventually, and I'll also grow old. You have to learn how to deal with problems wisely in the future, alright?"

She nodded. I could see that she felt very guilty about having hurt someone else. She quietly laid in my arms.

When Hendrix and Evan emerged from the study, she had already fallen asleep. Evan bid me goodbye and left.

When Hendrix saw her sleeping, he wanted to carry her back to her bedroom. However, he did not expect that the little girl would wake up at the slightest touch.

Perhaps she hadn't noticed that it was Hendrix, so she said, "Mommy, I saw Uncle Aaron in the hospital. He was with an auntie."

Stunned, I reflexively looked towards her and asked, "Do you know why they were in the hospital?"

She then opened her eyes and saw that Hendrix was carrying her. She stared blankly at him for awhile, then greeted him, "Mr. Roberts."

Hendrix nodded and carried her back to the sofa, indicating for her to continue answering my question.

"Uncle Aaron said that he brought the auntie to check on the baby.

thought back to Aaron's situation in Hovell. I had my

dinner but because I had slept too much in the day,

had happened in the Roberts Group so he had to rush over to

goodbye to

The next day.

to commit suicide. She then crafted and shared a false story about me and Hendrix's past to all

and I were a divorced couple of many years, was twisted by Sierra who claimed that I was a 'sl*tty wh*re'

had known about from four years ago were brought

Sierra's testimony, my history with Hendrix

never really cared about this sort of news, but I had neglected

to Anne's school to pick her up several times. Even though we kept a low-profile about it, people

adults threatened to rid them of their purity because children

answered the call, Anne

was only when I arrived at the hospital that I found out Anne had gotten into a fight with someone, because she was angry that the person had