With a heavy sigh, Haley confessed, “These are old and not-so-pretty secrets.

I wasn’t going to tell you about this.

Stella insisted, “But I must know.

After a brief pause, Haley began to unravel the truth.

“Your father resorted to smuggling gold to sustain our family.

One day, he couldn’t settle on a price with the dealer, so he fled to another city with us and the gold.

But on the way, a terrible accident took his life.

Tears welled up in Haley’s eyes as she lamented, “Your father always gambled with fate.

I was scared his audacity would someday be his downfall, yet I was powerless to alter the course of our destiny.

Now, his shadow looms over me, despite his absence from this world.

“Don’t worry.

They’re gone now.

comforting pat on

left her engulfed in a

of those men echoed in her

could repel any immediate dangers, Stella recognized that she couldn’t bear the thought

confront her challenges

pursuers were after the long-lost gold, a treasure so deep in the past

Haley’s voice broke through

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Stella asked, “Yes, what

individuals earlier, I realize I

mind if I accompanied you back to Seamarsh?”

stunned by Haley’s request to

a moment of silence, Haley lowered

“It’s alright.

too

deal with those

“I didn’t mean that.

hurriedly

“You’re my mother.

want you

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