Return of the Crowned Heiress

Return Of The Crowned Heiress 46

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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.

by it, Licia. just feel heartbroken over what you went through. I hate myself

back

had treated her like a slave, someone to beat and scold at will. They would never have

school there, set

listen, from spring to

from the village gave me one

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

storybook.

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

dollars was all she had saved from weaving baskets, earned little by little. When she handed it to me, it was in small bills-fifty cents and one-dollar

each semester and won various competition awards in both the town and the city. "After that. Howell and Tabitha realized they had another way to make

resilient spirit, Felicia had made it to where she was today. Myra's shoulders trembled, while Dexter's brow furrowed

if recounting. someone else's story. Because she had faced so much

experienced. In the end, she lost herself, humbly pleading for

loved her. She needed to

Felicia returned