Return of the Crowned Heiress

Return Of The Crowned Heiress 46

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46

Felicia said, "I can take care of myself. After all, I've managed to get inrough all these years, haven't I?"

Felicia smiled faintly, like a figure shrouded in mist. Though she stood right in front of them, she seemed unreachable.

Myra and Dexter understood her meaning clearly. Felicia didn't want to get close to them and certainly didn't see them as family.

Myra didn't dare to push further, afraid of straining their relationship even more. She reluctantly said, Well, at least you can come home on the weekends, right?"

"Sure." That was Felicia's final compromise.

It was getting late, and as Felicia prepared to return to her room, Myra hesitated and asked, "Licia, how did you manage to attend school all these years? How did you pay for the tuition?" The conversation circled back to where it had started.

added, "I don't mean anything by it, Licia. just feel heartbroken over what you went

flashed back

had treated her like a slave, someone to beat and scold at will. They would

a small school there, set up in a converted

outside the window and listen, from spring

me one hundred dollars and a piece

warm, gentle smile. She

storybook.

patted her head softly and said, "A child who

the money. That hundred dollars was all she had saved from weaving baskets, earned little by little. When she handed it to

the town and the city. "After that. Howell and Tabitha

where she was today. Myra's shoulders trembled,

so lightly of her struggles, without a hint of complaint or resentment, as if recounting. someone else's story.

she had never truly experienced. In the end, she lost herself, humbly pleading for

this life, it didn't matter whether her parents loved her. She needed

Felicia returned to