Where Petals of Vengeance Bloom

Chapter 26

She longed for her parents' love, and for that, she paid the price of five years in prison, a broken leg, deafness, and the loss of a kidney.

Her body was already battered, unable to bear more burdens.

And now, they wanted her to pay for Ethan's impulsive mistakes.

For the sake of The Linwood Group, Claire was certain the Linwood family would come for her again.

She resented the Linwood family, and she feared Brian the most.

She had experienced Brian's torment in prison, the darkest chapter of her life, a nightmare she never wished to relive. Her body could no longer withstand such torture.

Therefore, she had to leave Cresthaven as soon as possible, to disappear to a place they could never find her, and live out the rest of her days in peace.

She counted the money in her hand, a total of two thousand dollars, all given to her by May.

Thinking of May brought tears to Claire's eyes.

She wondered if she would ever have the chance to repay her.

the roadside and finally managed to flag down a taxi

to?" the driver asked,

much to Southtown

three hundred would cover it, but it's so late now. It'll be a bit more expensive, five hundred and fifty. Is that okay?" Without hesitation, Claire

possible. Once she reached Southtown Station, she planned to take a train to Hillspire City in the northeast of Vesperia. She had heard that housing there was the cheapest in the country, with a place costing only a few thousand, perfect for

and crowded places, and stayed hidden a remote, cold, and resource-depleted city like Hillspire City, she believed the Linwood family would

Hillspire City,

gazed at the beautiful

neon lights. Some flashed trendy brand logos, others displayed exquisite advertisements, adding color to this bustling

glow of the streetlights cast a

and the

hours later, she finally arrived at

ID to buy a ticket and was lucky enough to get one for the train departing at

hour before embarking on her journey to Hillspire

the train station was sparsely populated at night. She

heard an

moment, she was tired and sleepy, and with her hearing impaired