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.

a comforting pat on

father’s gambling past left her engulfed in

of those men echoed in her

any immediate dangers, Stella recognized that she couldn’t bear the thought of living her life in constant

confront her challenges

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

voice broke through

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her attention, Stella asked, “Yes,

from those individuals earlier, I realize I can no longer stay in

I accompanied you back to

stunned by Haley’s

Haley lowered her head with

“It’s alright.

you believe it’s too much trouble, never

deal with those people on

“I didn’t mean that.

hurriedly assured

“You’re my mother.

you by my

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