Chapter 32

Kristin was squirming on the spot, gripping her hands tightly in anxiety. She didn’t dare get in

the car.

“Thank… thanks, but no. I’ll pass Kristin waved her hand stiffly

Rhett didn’t say much. He was about to take off, but catching a glimpse of Kristin hobbling sway in the rearview mirror, he felt an annoying itch he couldn’t scratch.

Kristin didn’t go home. She was a hot mess and had wounds on her face and hands. Garner would freak out if he saw her like this

Getting her family worried when one couldn’t change things only added to the headache.

Kristin was the Turner family’s golden girl back then, so she had never tasted much injustice. or hardship growing up.

She was cocooned in too much care, basking in the sun, clueless about the darkness in the trenches

After losing everything, she got the joke that rebelling was just a laughable act of futility for someone without a powerful background.

Finding a bench in a nearby park, Kristin touched her forehead and slowly lay down.

Her head was spinning.

At this rate, she’d probably check out a bit sooner.

While looking at her scalded hand, Kristin’s gaze went distant.

Did it hurt? She’d become numb to it.

When Vincent misunderstood her before, it felt like the end of the world. But now, it was just

for the

they loved each other deeply, yet such vile treatment was

love.

wondered if Vincent would’ve been one of the bullies leading the charge against her if

true colors were anything but

acting all pure and innocent, luring the boys in. Strip her down. Let’s see

think you’re doing? I’ll tell the teacher.”

heard you’ve got several boyfriends outside school, much for being pure and

10:30

gossip could destroy a

were jealous of her looks, others of

again,

desk, reaching out his hand to

reached out, only to be yanked into the abyss by Vincent.

nightmare again. It was a nightmare about

cold, but

curled up, wrapping herself tightly.

“Get up.”

she saw a figure standing in the park lights, backlit, looking like

Kristin asked hoarsely, probably

man replied in a

her eyes. “I’m going to

“Why?”

long time ago…”

mom’s desperate swap of her and Ruby’s lives and if she hadn’t stayed with the Turner family and had

like defying

she would go to hell.

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