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?

all smiles and waves, wishing each other well

friendship. No matter what she went through, she'd never

had she been through this past

make Jennifer uncomfortable,

I'll have someone set up a part-time job for

gripping the strap of her backpack, and politely said, "Thank

behavior were just right for her age and status-well-behaved and sensible, not flashy. From the

College. When we first met her, she had already finished a semester of her first year, but Bella had never met her. If it weren't for Zachary's situation, I doubt she would have

to Zachary's hometown. But she always had to return to Starlight

been bugging me. I couldn't understand why she wouldn't contact me and

Bella had given me.

went. Everyone 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

evening, I called up Nora and Dakota and we

getting out of the car, I looked up

used to come here a lot. It had been over a year since our last

was also Bella's last

faint hope of getting some news about

and walked over with

us out for some fun?" Nora

smiled, "Work's been tiring, so we need to unwind. Gotta balance

it wasn't a holiday. Looked like someone was hosting

people were singing

the party, barely sat down before she was up again, heading over to

and ordered some food

layers of red wine was

way, everyone," the waiter said as

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

she noticed the cart behind her, it was too late. She

glasses toppled

a collective gasp, the crowd fell

waiter, eager to avoid blame, quickly pointed

ruined all this wine. What are we going

Nora, who looked down at the

trying to

over and said to the waiter,

behind me. "Our boss

parted, revealing

see me. Before he could speak, I quickly said,

few minutes later, Frank and I were

this bar? Where's

playing with a lighter in his hand. "Oliver forced it on me. When he left, he just left a note, not even a

did he go?" I asked, though I already had

shrugged. "He didn't say, but I think he probably went to find Bella. Oliver talks a

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