Unveiled: The Survivor's Triumph

Chapter 206

Chapter 206 To Hell with Love

After getting back to the office, I wasted no time and called up Nora.

In no time, she showed up with a female college student in tow.

"This is Ms. Russell," Nora introduced her.

The girl looked pretty surprised to see me.

I turned to Nora, "You can get back to work now."

Once Nora left, I gave the girl a friendly smile.

"Long time no see."

She quickly got over her surprise and smiled back. "I didn't expect it to be you."

The girl was Jennifer, Zachary's adopted daughter.

I asked my secretary to bring us some tea, and Jennifer and I settled on the small sofa. I was eager to hear about Zachary and Bella. When I mentioned Zachary, Jennifer's face fell.

"The law is fair. Good and bad are clear-cut. Mistakes get punished, and good deeds get recognized, but they don't cancel each other out." Zachary was initially sentenced to life, but Bella gathered evidence through a lawyer and got it reduced to 15 years.

I had a hunch this would happen, and I bet Bella did too. She must've been holding onto that slim hope.

Fifteen years wasn't as bad as life, but it was still a long time-the prime years of a woman's life.

Would Bella wait for 15 years? She'd be in her early forties by then. How many 15 years did a woman have?

"How are Bella and the baby?" I asked, feeling heavy-hearted.

Jennifer nodded with a smile when I mentioned them.

"They're doing well. It's a boy, and he's super cute."

She didn't seem to want to talk much about Bella.

When I asked for Bella's contact info, she went quiet.

"What's wrong?" I noticed her hesitation.

Jennifer bit her lip and finally looked up.

"I'm sorry, I can't give you her contact info. She specifically told me not to when I came to study in Starlight City."

I felt a pang of emptiness and stared at her for a good half minute.

Why?

smiles and waves, wishing each other well and looking

Bella. She valued friendship. No matter what she

been through this

wanting to make Jennifer uncomfortable,

now. I'll

strap of her backpack, and politely said,

her age and status-well-behaved and sensible, not

of her first year, but Bella had never met her. If it weren't for Zachary's situation, I doubt she would have shown up. She was

Bella rushed back to Zachary's hometown. But she always had to return

me. I couldn't understand why she wouldn't contact me and specifically told Jennifer

getting home, I took out the kaleidoscope Bella had given me. Watching

eventually took different paths, ending one journey and starting another. No one stuck around forever. Life made us learn to keep forgetting. Maybe Bella didn't want to be disturbed, or maybe she didn't want me to see her struggling. But I still worried about her. Raising a kid alone

Nora and Dakota and we headed to

of the car, I

used to come here a lot. It had been over a year since our last visit, which was when Oliver and

also

of getting

and walked over

decide to take us out for some fun?" Nora playfully patted my

so we need to

even though it wasn't a holiday. Looked like

a group of people were singing a birthday song, and laughter and

the life of the party, barely sat down before she was up again, heading over to see what was

and ordered some food

cart stacked with several layers of red wine was

waiter said as

had seen a pile of gold bars, ready to tell us

turned too quickly, and by the time she noticed the cart behind her, it was

wine glasses toppled

a collective gasp, the crowd fell into an

to avoid blame,

all this wine. What are we going to

down at the broken glass on

said nervously, trying to

to the waiter, "Call

waiter pointed behind me.

crowd had parted, revealing Frank at the center,

could speak,

and I were

over this bar? Where's Oliver?" I

lighter in his hand. "Oliver forced it on me. When he left,

asked,

he probably went to find Bella. Oliver talks

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