Chapter 458

Sarah watched as Mrs. Mendes's face turned red with rage. She raised a trembling hand, pointing at Sarah, but for a long moment, no words came out.

Behind her, the small boy-no older than six or seven-tilted his head slightly, his young mind caught between innocence and growing awareness. He didn't fully understand the conversation, yet at the same time, he seemed to grasp that something serious was being discussed.

"Mrs. Mendes, why don't you have your son go study in his room?" Sarah suggested, her voice steady.

Mrs. Mendes hesitated but eventually relented, sending the boy into the bedroom.

Sarah, unbothered by the hostility, sat down on the worn-out couch and met Mrs. Mendes's glare head-on. "Where exactly did Tina jump from?"

Mrs. Mendes's composure snapped. "So that's why you're here? You came to dig up dirt? You're not welcome in my house!"

you still want compensation, you'd better answer my question properly." Her voice was cold, carrying

renting an apartment in the complex next door. After Tina jumped, the landlord thought we were bad luck, and the neighbors blamed us for bringing trouble to the community. They pressured the landlord to evict us. I had no

of unpacked belongings stacked against the wall. It confirmed

tragic death had turned that apartment into what many would see as a cursed place. A young girl ending her life by jumping from the twentieth floor wasn't something

day. Mrs. Mendes had gone out for groceries, and on her way back, she found a crowd gathered below, pointing

Mendes discovered it was her daughter standing desperately on the roof. Before she could say a word, that figure swayed and jumped, Tina

- it was remarkable she hadn't

is, if she had been


certain Mrs. Mendes was a loving mother to Tina, even if that's

Tina's

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