Chapter 87

Ethan couldn't help but raise his voice when he saw Claire's indifference. "Claire!"

But Claire acted as if she hadn't heard him. She walked straight to the dining table, picked up a fork, and began eating on her own.

Her blatant disregard for Nathan's condition left both Adah and Ethan feeling cold- hearted and disillusioned.

Tears streaming down her face, Adah implored, "Claire, have you no heart? Your father is in such a state, and you can still think about food?"

Claire picked up a piece of roast beef and chewed it slowly.

Delicious!

It was almost laughable. At twenty-three, it was the first time she had tasted such succulent roast beef.

Back at the orphanage, there was never roast beef to be had.

After returning to the Linwood family, meals consisted of leftovers and cold dishes.

The irony was that it wasn't until she was in prison that she tasted hot, freshly cooked meals. If it weren't for Brian's special arrangements for her in prison, she would have believed the life there was far better than at the orphanage or with the Linwoods.

already shattered my heart with your heartlessness? Why is it that when I treat

three days and nights, bedridden in the storage room,

she found Claire barely clinging to life. Had May come back a day later,

Linwood family probably

for her, mentioned it to Nathan and Adah. And

a fever. She's just pretending to be sick for sympathy. I know her better than you do, May. If you're so free, why don't you go shovel the snow off

us, you shouldn't hide in your room for three days without eating or drinking. What if

along that she hadn't eaten or drunk anything for

kitchen to get some water when she overheard these words, and a

sobbing grew more intense. "Claire, when have we ever abandoned

They didn't even remember what they'd

never really considered her

was worth less

after Claire recovered from her illness,

dog to the vet, spending over ten thousand dollars, but

dog died, the family was inconsolable, holding

who knew thought the Linwood family had lost a beloved pet.

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