The year was 1983. The sun had set. It was dark outside. Only one dim light was in the Foster family’s living room. “Dad, Mom, I’m willing to live abroad with you.” When they heard their daughter’s words through the phone, Philip York and Angela York were moved to tears of excitement.
View MoreThe words of truth made Samuel shut his eyes slowly. All the other words he wanted to say became lead on his tongue, and bitterness spread in his mouth.Suddenly, he remembered how Melea had been unable to sleep at night all those years ago due to fear.With a teddy bear in hand, he would sit beside her bed and tell her bedtime stories.At the end of his story, he would put the teddy bear by her pillow and say softly but firmly, “I’m the same as this bear and will always protect you. I won’t ever hurt you. You’ll always be the most important person to me.”Delight flashed in Melea’s eyes, but she soon looked down. “You’re definitely just saying that to make me happy.”“I’m not. Let’s make a pinky promise.”“Okay. If you actually hurt me in the future, I won’t talk to you anymore!”Tears fell from his eyes, and Samuel looked at the woman before him.But she had started walking down the mountain.“Melea!”Melea paused for a moment, but she did not turn back.Even so, Samuel re
The sun started rising, and the fog in the mountain where the church was located started rolling in. Thick bundles of clouds mingled with the fog and made the path up blurry.Melea and Solomon slowly walked up the stone path and headed to the church at the top of the mountain.Not far away, they heard the church bells ring.The church had a tall old tree, and the stone path was covered in moss. As the wind blew, leaves fell and let out crisp sounds. The bells that hung off the eaves trembled.Melea sucked in a deep breath and sat on a stone bench in the corner while she watched Solomon look around like a curious child.It should have been beautiful, but Samuel’s arrival ruined it.‘Seriously, he just refuses to leave me alone.’ That was Melea’s first thought when she saw Samuel walk over to her.“Melea, can we talk?”Perhaps Martha’s words left an effect on him, because he knew that he had been too impatient.Melea did not actually want to talk to him, but then she remembered
Yelena was already displeased when she heard what Samuel said, and when he yelled at her, she decided to stop hiding.She stepped out of her hiding spot and went over to grab Samuel’s arm, but Samuel avoided her.She gritted her teeth and looked over at Melea. After sizing her up, her eyes landed on Melea’s legs, and she said, “Our dance troupe originally got an offer to perform at the Graham family. Practice was going well when our leader suddenly came over and told us that the performance was canceled.“I asked, and it’s because you don’t want to see other dances because you can’t dance anymore. Seriously, if you can’t watch other dances, then don’t. Why did you have to cancel the performance? You caused so many people to be unable to get any money from this gig. You’re still as selfish as ever!”“Quiet!”“Shut up!”The men shouted at her. Samuel even slapped her despite her being pregnant. Yelena fell to the ground, and her stomach clenched in pain. “Ow! My stomach!”Melea
Samuel was stunned by the question. He opened his mouth.But what was he going to say? Was he going to say that he only realized his feelings after she left and wanted to mend things with her?As for Yelena, he could chase her away after she gave birth. In any case, they had never collected their marriage certificate.He gulped and stared at the woman standing behind the two men.It had only been half a year since they last met, but her dull eyes were already full of life. It seemed like she lived a much better life than when she was at the Foster family.“Melea, I’m sorry. I should never have treated you like that.”“I thought that I didn’t like you, but after you left, I finally realized that you’re the one I really like. Yelena was just a tool for me to make you mad. Could you give me another chance?”He was like a husband who had finally realized that he had done wrong by his wife for years and was asking for forgiveness.Unfortunately, Melea was not a wife who was waiting
In the past, Yelena would have scoffed at the idea, but at present, she had to come. If she could gain the Graham family’s favor by teaching the dancers this particular dance, perhaps her status in the Foster family would climb up a bit.With that thought in mind, she straightened her back and shouted, “The leftmost one, raise your leg higher!”While practice was in full swing, their leader suddenly came in with a long face and clapped. “Stop practicing! Go home now!”The dancers looked at each other at a loss. Their leader’s sudden outburst had been unexpected. Even Yelena stood up and headed over to the leader. “Practice was going smoothly. Why would you suddenly tell us to stop?” The leader felt furious when she saw Yelena, but due to her status, she could only say coldly, “How would I know? The Graham family sent someone over to tell us that we don’t need to practice anymore. They’re canceling the performance!”Those words were like an explosion that immediately caused the da
After they unpacked their stuff, Melea and Solomon chatted with Jennifer for a bit before they grabbed their presents to head over to the Graham family to visit Angela’s teacher.Before they left, they also asked Jennifer not to prepare dinner.Jennifer nodded and asked them to be careful before she watched them leave.The Graham family house was not far away, but Solomon was not the type to remain silent. He kept asking Melea to tell him about the Imperial City.Even though Melea had lived fifteen years in the Imperial City, she often traveled back and forth between the dance troupe and the Foster family. She seldom went elsewhere.She also stayed at home more frequently after Samuel discovered her love.…Aside from the time they went to the church in the suburbs.When Solomon heard that there was a church, he asked Melea to bring him over when she was free.Solomon was her cousin and loved traveling around.Olivia Zimmer, his mother, could keep an eye on him while they wer
He could not recall how he rushed into Melea’s room or how he tore apart her diary.At that time, when he finally realized what he had done, he saw Melea’s tear-stained face.At that time, he panicked, but once he remembered the contents of the diary, the panic turned into rage.“Ever since you came to the family, I’ve always treated you as my sister. How could you fall in love with your own brother, Joy?! Have you no shame?!“If you still want to stay here, put a stop to those feelings! If everyone learns about it, you’ll embarrass the family!”With those ruthless words said, he left without turning back.As he caressed the torn diary, he could imagine just how much Melea cried after he left. Then, after she was exhausted from crying, she had taped the torn diary together.Perhaps she had been in such great sadness that she still cried while she was taping the diary back together, because there were creases on the diary that could only be left behind by tears after they dried.
Not long ago, Yelena had been Samuel’s wife and the subject of envy. Everyone fawned over her. But overnight, she fell from her pedestal and became the subject of ridicule.Everyone avoided her like the plague.She kicked up a fuss and had felt indignant about her whole situation. She had even thought about blackmailing them all with the baby, but the nannies Martha sent over did not care.If she threw a tantrum, the nannies tied her to the bed.If she refused to eat, the nannies forced her mouth open and force-fed her.They even mocked her while they did it.“I suggest you give up. If it were not for your baby, the Foster family would not even care about you.”Yelena then remembered that she was indeed pregnant, and she calmed down.After all, she no longer had anything else, and the baby was her only pillar of strength. She had to give birth to the baby.She no longer resisted and finished the remaining food.Meanwhile, Samuel was in a room downstairs in the Foster family h
At the same time, the truth about Samuel giving Yelena the medication Joy needed but Yelena did not was also revealed.All these things caused the Foster family’s reputation to plummet to the ground.At any other time, Martha would have shoved Yelena out to be the scapegoat, but Yelena was currently pregnant with Samuel’s baby, so she could not be arrested.The police captain felt troubled. At that moment, they heard a car honk from behind the crowd.Everyone looked around and saw a stern middle-aged man walk out of the car. He went straight to Samuel and handed him a special search warrant.“Samuel Foster, you are under suspicion of hurting Mr. Philip York’s daughter. Please come with us.”Before Samuel could even agree to cooperate, the man had already signaled his followers to arrest Samuel. Those men charged forward and dragged Samuel into the car.When Martha saw this, she screamed and could no longer bother about protecting Yelena. She went forward and tried to stop them.
The year was 1983. The sun had set. It was dark outside. Only one dim light was in the Foster family’s living room. “Dad, Mom, I’m willing to live abroad with you.”When they heard their daughter’s words through the phone, Philip York and Angela York were moved to tears of excitement. “That’s great, Joy. If it weren’t for that earthquake, we wouldn’t have been separated for so many years. We never abandoned you on purpose, really. We’ll come pick you up right now.”When she heard her biological parents weeping, Joy Foster felt her heart clench in pain. She sucked in a deep breath to calm herself down. “Give me another two weeks. I still need to take care of some matters here. Once I’m done, I’ll go over to where you two are and keep you company.”Her parents seemed to have been reminded of something. “You’re right. How silly of us. No matter what, the Foster family took care of you for years. I heard that your adopted brother has always doted on you, so you do need to say good...
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