This was one of the rare times when the entire Winchester family gathered for breakfast.After the meal, Kaden and Andrew went back to their studies. Meanwhile, Anthony stayed at home with seemingly nothing to do.Naomi was on vacation, so she stayed at home as well.Nina looked at her siblings and gripped her spoon tightly. For the first time, she voiced out a request. "Hannah, I promised Ms. Winnie I would attend a class today. Will you come with me?"Before Hannah could reply, Darren frowned at her. "I'll get the driver to send you."She was old enough to be independent."I …" Nina looked at Darren timidly, then turned to Hannah with reddened eyes. "It's my first class, and I'll be alone with Ms. Winnie. I'm a little nervous, Hannah."She looked like she was about to burst into tears.Children who grew up in the slums were tough. Even when she beat them up, they would get over it almost immediately. They would laugh and continue annoying her. No one there was a crybaby.
This was still a new area, and the buildings nearby had yet to be made public. As such, people already living in the building were people of a certain status.For instance, only people such as Winnie, who were world-renowned, could get early access to the building.The two old people studied Hannah meticulously, and Hannah did the same to them.The both of them had kind faces and an amiable sense to them. The tranquil presence enveloping them, a quality discernible only to those well-versed in life's trials, stirred memories of Molly within Hannah.Besides, the manner in which they addressed Winnie made it clear that they were much more senior than Winnie.Hannah felt an odd sense of familiarity with them. Her gaze softened before she shook her head. "My name is Hannah Emerson, and I'm Nina's sister-in-law. I'm here to escort her to class.""Hannah Emerson," the short-haired old man mumbled thoughtfully as he cleaned his glasses. Suddenly, he broke into a smile and exclaimed, "
It was a mystery. When she looked at the paintings that the wealthy women were fawning over, she couldn't see their meaning, nor could she say anything about them. However, looking at Maurice's ordinary painting of a garden, she was filled with a swirl of emotions. Maurice's expression grew somber as he listened to her speak. His face, which had been kind, with a hint of a smile, also darkened and made him look quite serious.Hannah wondered if she had offended Maurice with her nonsensical rambling about his painting.Artists usually had all sorts of odd moods. He was probably annoyed by her shallow interpretation of his painting.Now that there was a chance that she had offended both of them, she worriedly wondered if it would be disadvantageous for Nina as well.She silently cursed herself for being so loose-lipped around paintings that she liked. Hannah steeled herself and prepared to apologize to Maurice, but before she could, Maurice pushed a pencil into her hand and sai
Eventually, the elderly pair yielded to Hannah's request and agreed to teach the children, their expressions marked by a blend of complexity and acquiescence.The three of them then agreed to meet again next weekend with Kaden. After that, Hannah bid her goodbyes to the elderly couple with a satisfied smile and took Nina home.As prominent figures in the art community, both of them were also world-renowned artists and musicians. At that moment, they exchanged looks and shook their heads with a smile."Silly woman," Maurice chided with a smile, "She doesn't know how lucky she is. She's wasting her talent.""As long as she's happy, I don't think she's wasting her talent," Jamie replied calmly. She had taken Hannah's rejection better than Maurice had. "Based on how she understood my music, I can tell she has had a hard life. Now that she can live the life she is leading now, it wouldn't make sense for us to force her," Jamie continued sympathetically."I know. I'm just lamenting th
The card read, "Starshine Entertainment".It was this small entertainment company that had ruined Taylor's life. Hannah's expression turned colder, and she clutched the card tighter, making the edges of the card cut into her skin."Hannah." Taylor sensed something wasn't right with Hannah and continued meekly, "The company is a bit small, but I've done my research. It's a legitimate company, and my agent told me there would be a contract, so it shouldn't be a scam."In the end, Taylor was still a young woman who naively believed that signing a contract could prevent herself from being taken advantage of."Do you even know the law?" Hannah chided as she knocked Taylor's forehead lightly. Hannah continued, "All you know is there's a contract, but can you tell if the contract is a trap? Can you tell if the contract is beneficial to you or the company? Do you think you know everything about this world now that you're older?""Also, how could you compare yourself to me? Is dropping o
Nina's hands shook from excitement and gratefulness, and her tears also threatened to fall.How could she be so lucky? Everything that has happened in the past few days has been like a dream, and now, even Jamie was willing to tutor her?For her, Hannah ought to have gone through a lot.Nina was a crybaby by nature. She felt her eyes welling up with tears when confronted with such a profound feeling of being loved.Nina tried her best to hold back her tears. Her smile was brilliant as she said, "Thank you, Hannah!""We're a family now." Seeing that Nina was about to cry, Hannah quickly stuffed a piece of honeydew into Nina's mouth. "Learn what you can from them. I have faith in you."The sweetness from the honeydew burst on Nina's tongue, while the sweetness from Hannah's words seeped into Nina's heart as well.Nina nodded aggressively and smiled as she chewed her honeydew.Naomi watched on enviously at her siblings. She was annoyed. For the first time in her life, she felt a
Mrs. Tate couldn't help but wonder if she had heard him wrong. She had to admit her hearing wasn't what it used to be now that she was older.Nevertheless, how could she have misheard Andrew, who regularly tended to his green-colored roots and cared for his hair, as if it were his life, saying that he was going for a haircut?His father, William Winchester, hadn't liked Andrew's hair and even refused to give him his allowances for three months. However, even then, Andrew had not relented and kept his green hair.'"I really need to get my ears checked," Mrs. Tate mumbled to herself.She found it hard to believe that she had misheard Andrew's statement about getting a haircut. If she could misinterpret something as unconventional as that, she worried about the potential for mishearing other things that might unintentionally offend others.Anthony shot her an indecipherable look and laid back on the couch. He placed a well-defined hand over his face as he lay down, concealing his e
A born criminal. Mentally disturbed. Insane. He was someone who would end up in jail in the future for murder.Those were all the things that his birth mother had called him over and over again ever since the day he decided to draw.Hannah didn't answer. Instead, she extended her hand toward him before gently saying, "Pass me the brush."Kaden expression was complex. Nevertheless, he obediently passed Hannah a brush.Hannah casually placed the canvas on an easel and asked, "Do you mind if I add to your artwork?""I don't mind. Go ahead," Kaden replied, fixing his attention on his drawing.Hannah studied the artwork before her once more. Then, without hesitation, she dipped the brush into the paint and drew some wildflowers.Hannah had drawn those wildflowers at the feet of the boy in the cage, making it seem like the flowers depended on the boy to live and vice versa.Hannah then mixed some paint and drew more rays of sunlight on the artwork. The golden rays of light that