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.

anything by it, Licia. just feel heartbroken over what you

flashed back to

slave, someone to

young, they took me to live in a rural area. There was a small school there, set up in

outside the window and listen, from spring to summer and from summer to winter. That's how

village gave me one hundred dollars and a piece of smoked ham to pay for

could still remember the old woman's warm, gentle smile. She was like a fairy godmother

storybook.

and said, "A child who loves to learn should never be let

by little. When she handed it to me, it

of money from scamming people and took us to live in town. There, I met a wonderful principal who accepted me. In return, I earned the top grades each semester and won various competition awards in both the town

it to where she was today. Myra's shoulders trembled,

without a hint of complaint or resentment, as if recounting. someone else's story. Because she had faced so

love and affection she had never truly experienced. In the end,

parents loved her. She needed

thoughts, Felicia