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.

don't mean anything by it, Licia. just feel heartbroken over what you went through. I hate myself

memories flashed back to her

matched the investigation. Howell and Tabitha had treated her like a slave, someone to beat and scold at

a rural area. There was a small school there, set up in a converted house. The

would quietly crouch outside the window and listen, from spring to summer and from summer to winter. That's how I learned for

was eight, a kind old woman from the village gave me one hundred dollars and a piece of smoked

warm, gentle smile. She was like

storybook.

patted her head softly and said, "A child

baskets, earned little by little.

won various competition awards in both the town and the city. "After that. Howell and Tabitha realized they had another way to make money-through me. Each time I brought home awards, they saw me as a source of income. That was how I earned the right to continue

where she was today. Myra's

recounting. someone else's story. Because

for the familial love and affection she had never truly experienced. In the end, she lost herself, humbly pleading

it didn't matter whether her parents loved her. She needed to learn to

finishing her thoughts, Felicia returned to her

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