She Became Rich After Divorce by Georgina Lane

Chapter 362: Light

The female teacher tried to persuade him to wait inside the security booth where it was warmer, and there was a heater, but Kelvin was afraid that his mommy would come, and he wouldn’t see her if he stayed there.

He stubbornly shook his head and refused to provide any other family member’s phone number. The teacher had no choice but to keep him company for another half an hour.

Winter nights arrived early, and before 6 o’clock, the sky had already darkened. The snowflakes continued to fall gently, covering the roads, buildings, and trees in a white blanket. The entire world seemed to have fallen asleep.

Time passed slowly, and as the minutes ticked by, it felt excruciatingly slow. Just when the teacher felt her hands were no longer her own, she suddenly heard Kelvin sneeze.

It jolted her out of her drowsiness, and she moved her somewhat stiff neck, looking down at the drowsy boy. She gently patted his shoulder to wake him. ‘Kelvin, you can’t sleep. You’ll catch a cold. Wake up…’

Hearing the teacher’s call, Kelvin slowly opened his sleepy eyes. A gust of cold wind blew, and the snowflakes stung his face like blades. It was both cold and painful.

His voice, tinged with drowsiness, asked the teacher, ‘Miss Wiggins, what time is it now?’

She lowered her gaze to her wristwatch and replied somewhat helplessly, ‘It’s already 6:17.’

Your mommy might… not be coming.

The boy remained silent, but his tightly pursed lips revealed his emotions. The teacher gave a bitter smile and tried to comfort him.

‘Kelvin, perhaps your mommy is just too busy. How about you give me the phone number of someone else at home? I’ll go to the office and make a call for you.’

time, mobile phones weren’t common yet, and only wealthy people had a set of Motorola or Nokia phones, but they were nothing like the advanced smartphones of the future. The teacher had just graduated and had been working for

a landline phone in her office, making it relatively

teacher’s kind offer and took a deep breath

need, thank you,

two hours, the snow had soaked his shoes and socks, leaving his feet

more like a slow, shuffling movement, each step taken with difficulty,

watched his stubborn departure, blurred by the night. She couldn’t help but feel a lump in her throat

Let me take

solemnly and bowed to her at a 90-degree angle. ‘Thank you, Miss

believe him and handed the umbrella to Kelvin. ‘Then be careful on your own. You can

bus stop, several hundred meters at least. Kelvin nodded, suppressing the emotions and sadness in his

in the

him, let out a soft sigh, ‘Why is this child so

took the bus, it would be

in his heart responded to the teacher’s words. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to provide a phone number, but he knew that making that call would be futile. Once that woman started painting, she would be completely engrossed and wouldn’t answer any external calls. She would even disconnect the phone line to her studio to avoid distractions. Sometimes, she could continue like that for two or three days without

fact, Kelvin had lied to the female teacher about another thing – he didn’t have any money. He had thrown all the money he had

could only choose

on this journey, Kelvin walked for nearly an hour, his steps slow and labored. By the time he was approaching home, he could hardly remember how he had

in front of the mansion, gazing at the dark, lightless building, Kelvin’s heart

Creak…

the night had turned pitch black, and there