She Outshines Them All (Athena and Matthew)

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Zayn had just returned home at 10 p.m. when he received a call from an unknown number.

He picked up the call politely. "Hello, who is this?"

A gentle and capable woman's voice sounded softly. "Zayn, this is Elsie. Zayn frowned slightly. Before he could speak, Elsie said quickly and clearly, "I know you remember me but don't want to see me. I don't have the face to see you, either. I called you only to tell you the truth back then." Zayn s "Go ahead. I calmly, anead.

Said

Elsie told a sad story in a slightly sad tone. "My father was a violent man. Every time he was drunk, he would beat my mother. Every time my mother wanted a divorce, my father would say he would beat her to death if she dared to get a divorce. "My mother asked her parents for help. Instead of helping her, my mother's father, brother, and younger brother even called her useless.

My

mother was deceived and abandoned by her first love in school. After graduation, her family lied about my father being kind and honest and said she wouldn't lose out if she married him, so my mother believed it. "Because of these things, my mother hated men to the core. She even taught me not to believe in men or love.

"It wasn't until I was in junior high school that my father fell down the stairs after drinking too much, causing his legs to be crippled. Only then was my mother able to get a divorce. She brought me to rent a small apartment and worked hard to raise me alone." At this point, Elsie paused slightly and tried to calm her emotions. And Zayn continued to listen calmly without saying a word.

Elsie even suspected that Zayn was not listening. However, those words had been buried in her heart for a long time. She had to say them out loud.

She continued, "During the summer vacation before my second year in high school, I got badgered by Ben. My grades plummeted, and my mother was furious.

Shortly

Z. Don

Z. Don

after school started, my mother found my journal under my pillow. It was full of admiration and yearning for a boy,

"He was handsome, but he didn't know it. He was good but not arrogant.

"He didn't like to talk, but he was the most active, focused, and responsible student.

"During

center

a classmate got injured or felt unwell, he would tell the teacher and take the classmate to

was trash on the floor of the classroom. He always quietly cleaned or picked it up and threw it into

the teacher clean the blackboard, bring

much I wrote in my diary, I

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smiled as she spoke, crying at the same time. "My mother thought that I was dating Z. Don and that it was Z. Don's fault that my grades were falling. 12:35 Sun, Oct 20 i

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the diary to my face and interrogated me about who Z. Don was. I didn't tell her. After that, my mother confirmed

and said that as long as I changed my mind, the four families would compensate us with

about how the four

sobbed softly. "My mother said she would kill herself if

the roof, and tried to gas herself when my father beat her. I was terrified she'd

uncontrollably. But Zayn still did

long. She quickly regained

No matter what I say, it's still

"If

everything I said. It'll clear your name." When Zayn heard that, he said calmly, "I didn't record it. What you said

possible, I want to give you the diary I wrote in high school and let you see how

Zayn

"That's all. Bye."

of the living room. She hugged her knees with one hand and held her phone with the other,

Click. The door opened.

with a bulging food bag and pressed the light switch. Then,

why are you sitting on the floor with your hair disheveled? Get up now. Ive brought your

through her brown hair. She said hoarsely, "I saw the video on my phone. Why did you go to

didn't do anything wrong. It's been so many years. Why can't you let

instantly turned cold. "Are you accusing

to you. Now that you've become a famous announcer and

in her eyes. "I'm just saying that we've gotten so many benefits. from Zayn and are living

doesn't owe

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