When There Is Nothing Left But Love (Ashton And Scarlett)

Chapter 983

I nodded. My mind was still a wreck.

By the time the children finished eating, the sun had long disappeared below the horizon. The matriarch lay down some mats in the small house. Brandon explained that this situation could not be helped and urge us to make do. We were going to return the next day.

Boris was afraid that I could catch a cold at night. He forced the woman to bring out all the blankets in the house. Alas, it was still not warm enough and I snuggled next to the children.

In the middle of the night, my freezing feet kept sleep at bay. I curled into a ball. At this moment, a young girl’s voice called out. “Ma’am!”

I wondered if my mind was playing tricks on me and did not react immediately. But I soon heard the little girl’s voice again. “Are you asleep, Ma’am?”

This time, I was sure that the child was addressing me. I got over my astonishment and replied, “No. What’s up?”

I sat up and noticed that the little girl was squatted next to me. “Mommy told me that I have to go with you tomorrow. She said we’ll have delicious food in the city. Can you bring my sister too? She also wants to go to the city,” she said.

her cold body

move. Although she felt frightened, she responded, “Ma’am,

smile as I waited for

“Little girl, why does your sister want to go to the city?

seventeen years old. Mommy says that she’s old enough to get married. She buried herself in her education, but Daddy won’t let her study anymore. He wants her to get married but she doesn’t want to. Mommy locked her up in the barn because of this. I

did not know how to respond. Soon, I collected myself

walk out. I pulled her back and whispered, “It’s cold outside. You should put on more clothes and wear

not cold. My siblings and I have gone barefoot in colder winters than this. Mommy

not comment further. I followed her out and she pulled me towards a door.

heard from within, followed

and she turned to say to me in hushed tones, “Don’t come in. It’s very dirty

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