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Chapter 172

Author: Bello Rivera
last update Last Updated: 2023-05-22 15:13:18
The words "To Be Received by Abigail Only" were written on the envelope.

Abigail unsealed the envelope to find a letter written by Emma.

[I'm glad to have a good friend like you, Abigail. I'm grateful that you were with me when I needed help most and gave me the strength to carry on with life. I'll learn to live properly and won't be reckless anymore from now on, but Ron is an overbearing and possessive man. He won't easily let go of me. The only way I could shake him off is to go somewhere he won't know.

[I know you're going to say Mr. Zane will be able to protect me, but it's impossible to rely on someone forever. I depended on my family when I was young and when I became an adult, I had to depend on Ron to even survive, but I lived those days as if I was on my last legs. I don't want to depend on anyone anymore moving forward. I want to live my own life by my own will and spend the days how I want to. I won't have the same luxury in the days to come and even might face hardships,
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