Gloria wandered the streets aimlessly, lost and with nowhere to go.Waves of pain emanated from her belly. She was in despair and she did not know whether she would survive, or whether her baby would arrive on this Earth safely.At that moment, Gloria suddenly understood why her mother went to all that trouble before she passed away. Once her mother passed away, she was left all alone in this world, and it was too difficult for her. She also understood why her mother wanted to give birth to her. No longer blaming her mother for her actions, Gloria went to her mother’s grave and sobbed for a whole afternoon. When evening drew near, she felt a sudden, terrible ache in her belly. The pain was so bad she could barely walk out of the graveyard. She crawled on the ground on all fours, calling out weakly, “Help, help…”The man who came to help her was limping. The lame man exerted much strength before he successfully helped her onto a tricycle and pulled her all the way to the hospital
The little house was never sold. With a tug, the gate opened and Gloria walked inside. The house was filled with the smell of mold. The house was old and in disrepair. Puddles of water had formed everywhere from the leaking pipes, and still, it was barely habitable.After deciding to live here, she took a few of her mother’s paintings out of the wooden crates and sold them to an art gallery. She only earned a small amount of money, but it was still enough for the two of them to live off of for a few months. But their happy days were numbered. One afternoon, on the way home from the market, Gloria wheeled her daughter in her stroller but stopped when she saw visitors in the little courtyard outside. They were from the Shaw family. They changed the locks and locked up the house. Then, they threw away some of the daily necessities in the house. Before they left, they even said, “Nowadays, the world is filled with all sorts of people! Even a tiny, rundown house like this where s
Gloria was completely helpless now. At her wits’ end, she really wanted to leave all her worldly troubles behind her but, before she died, she had to clear her debt, especially since her debtor was someone who was as honest and upright as he was poor. “Lincoln Lynn, no matter what, we were husband and wife. Give me three thousand dollars. I need to return two thousand dollars to Mr. Scott. The remaining thousand, just think of it as compensation for all the years I spent with you.”Lincoln sneered, “What a perfect plan you have there! It’s not that I can’t afford three thousand dollars, but if you are lying to me…”“I am in this situation now, so why would I lie to you?” Gloria laughed pitifully.“I’ll go with you! If you’re not lying to me, then I will give you the three thousand dollars you asked for!” Lincoln said viciously.He was willing to go to a remote little village thousands of miles away with her, not because he was worried that Gloria would lie to him, but because an
But her mother was a high-school graduate. Throughout elementary school, Sabrina’s mother tutored her. That was why her results were considered excellent in the little farming village. Besides, Sabrina’s grandmother, the late Goldie Ziegler, was actually a very cultured woman. At a young age, she went abroad to study and she had dreams and goals of her own. She could paint and could compose music; she was a woman of many talents. A woman like her could not be too bad; that was why her daughter Gloria, also inherited many of her mother’s habits.For example, Gloria liked to pluck the wildflowers in the mountains and arrange them in the empty wine bottles in her home. Even if Lame Scott’s little hut was old and rundown, Gloria could still decorate the place and turn it into a classy little house. Lame Scott felt as if he had married a fairy. While Gloria, on the other hand, was happy that she no longer had to live like a nomad, with no set place to call home, nor did she have to
Gloria said calmly, “Pay me the child support you owe me for the past twelve years, then give her citizenship in South City, and then arrange for her to attend school here in South City! I want all of these conditions to be met, and not a single one less!” Lincoln said, “Dream on!”Gloria sneered again, “Lincoln Lynn, I, Amelia Yale, have lived for more than thirty years. There’s nothing I don’t dare to do! I don’t care how my life turns out to be! I don’t have any other request, and all I want is for you to be nicer to your daughter! She’s your biological daughter!”Lincoln did not say anything. “…”“She’s already twelve. She had been living in a farming village all her life, without even a piece of new clothing on her body. Lincoln Lynn, doesn’t your cold heart ache to see her like this? Don’t you want to take a look at your own daughter?” Gloria asked coldly. At that moment, when Gloria was questioning Lincoln, she was reminded of her mother. Gloria wanted her daughter to mee
The only skill she had was playing the piano, but she could only play and was not yet good enough to teach. She could not even support herself, but still had to keep an eye out for the Shaw family and avoid them as they continued their search for her.At that moment, Gloria did not think that the Shaw family was looking for her. Instead, she thought, even if they found her, they were also going to put her to death.Gloria was at her wits’ end and she was very desperate. If she had another way, she would not send her daughter to Lincoln. She thought that, as Sabrina’s biological father, no matter what, he would not be too cruel with her, would he?As long as the child could receive an education, could attend university and, in the future, could establish herself in this city, then she could escape a similar fate as her mother and her grandmother before her. Gloria knelt down and said to Sabrina gently, “Sabbie, Uncle Lincoln is Mommy’s friend. From now on, you’ll stay at Uncle Li
At this point in her story, the tears rolled down her cheeks in big, fat droplets. Her voice was hoarse, like an old clock that had been working for a long time.She looked at Lincoln, who lay defeated in a pile like a soft, weak mess at the side. She remained calm and asked Lincoln coldly, "Lincoln Lynn, after so many years, my daughter is now almost thirty years old. I want to know, why do you hate her so much?"Lincoln was speechless. "..."At this moment, could he say he regretted his actions?When he met Amelia back then, it was purely because she looked beautiful. She was practical and capable too, and the most important thing was that she was quiet, honest, and kept to her duties well. She knew what she could do and consequently what she could not do.On top of that, Lincoln was also a foreigner. He had a painful childhood, so at that time,he and Amelia were still very affectionate and loved each other deeply.When did they stop loving each other? It was because not long a
Gloria laughed suddenly and said, “Ha…haha, really? Then why did you hide the truth from everyone and say that Selene is your and Jade’s adopted daughter?”Lincoln said, “Jade gave birth to a pair of twins; one of them passed away a few days after birth, but Selene survived. Initially, we wanted to host a big banquet, but later discovered that you and I share some common property. You left our marriage with empty hands, but the common property was still under my name…”Gloria’s smile looked bleak as she said, “You were worried I would ask you for the property; you were worried I would sue you in court, and you and Jade got together when I was pregnant; you two even have children together, so you were worried I would use the children as evidence? That’s why you lied to everyone and said Selene is not your biological daughter!”Lincoln nodded. He looked at Gloria and he whined as he begged, “Gloria, if Selene was not my own daughter, I would never make Sabbie pay for her crimes. Sabbi
In a blink of an eye, Aino was already 18.She was already going to college.Her husband, Mister Ford, already had gray hairs on his sideburns and was already a man who was pushing 50.Both Sebastian and her had gone through thick and thin together for almost twenty years.That was so fast."Old man," Sabrina called out.Sebastian turned her head to the side and looked at Sabrina. "What did you just call me?"Sabrina smiled. "Isn't that right? You're going to be fifty next year, and I'm only in my early forties. I'm not an old lady, but you are a proper old man! Let me ask you something. Your sideburns have turned gray, are you going to dye your hair on our wedding day?""I'm not going to! I simply want others to say that an old man like me is marrying a young wife! Listen to me. You'd better stop dressing up and putting on makeup in the future!" Sebastian said to his wife, who looked ten years younger than him.How unreasonable!This old lady simply has not aged a day since
Yvonne hugged her children and lifted her head to look at her mother. At that moment, she was incredibly excited. She was both excited and aggrieved, which made her cry inconsolably. She rushed into her mother's arms. Immediately after, her father also hugged both her and her mother. The family of three was finally reunited. No, it should be a family of five at that moment. It would be a family of six with Marcus included. The family of six hugged each other and cried so much that the people at the side could not help but cry as well. Even the nurse also teared up.It was after a long while that Yvonne's parents let go of her."Alright, my child, let's go home. Let's go home."Helena raised her head and looked at Yvonne. Her child did not have her original face anymore, but she was truly her child. After her child went missing for five years, she finally got her child back. During that time, Yvonne got a rare condition that was hard to cure in any part of the world, but she was cure
After everything, all of it, was handled, Marcus suddenly burst out in tears."What's the matter, my son?" Missus Shaw has lost three sons and he was the only son left by her side. When she saw her son crying like that, it was only natural that she felt very saddened."Mom…I just feel that karma really is a funny thing. It's really making a fool of all of us! It turned out that everything was already destined. Everything was destined!" Marcus was covered in tears.Missus Shaw was confused. "What's the matter, my child?"Marcus cried and then he smiled. "Mom, I've finally understood why God let Yvonne go through this disaster that lasted for five years. It turned out that God had given her the biggest hardship which seemed so inhumane, but God had given her the best reward. Otherwise, the person who truly died would've been my Yvonne, wouldn't it? I would've been my Yvonne."Hearing him saying that, Missus Shaw said extremely emotionally as well, "That's right. At the end of it all
The fake Yvonne was still conscious the second before she died. She watched herself fall over with her eyes widened. She never would have expected it. After she had plotted everything, she was only one step away from the wedding, and then she could have replaced the real Yvonne and truly be a part of the high society of South City and be the wife of a rich man. However, she was fatally shot. Who was it?There was no time for her to look into it in detail before she fell to the ground. All of her regrets were forever sealed in her body. Without even a cry or shouting, she fell to the ground. She was feeling so reluctant to accept defeat that her heart had already stopped beating but her eyes were still wide open.Marcus was also stunned. He did intend to have Bonnie's entire gang arrested in one go, and he had already done it. The police were simply there that day to have this group of people surrounded. However, never in a million years would Marcus expect that someone would kill Bon
Two female attendants wheeled out a completely sealed glass cart. The ring that was carefully kept inside the glass cart was truly colorful and dazzling. Every side of the gem was radiating in different colors as the light shone upon it through the glass chart. The fake Yvonne was stunned silly when she saw it. Another person who was also stunned silly was the tan and fat man holding a pair of binoculars while sitting in a car across from the jewelry store.The tan and fat man muttered, "Gosh! This man must love her so much. He actually is willing to spend so much on her! This woman really deserves to die! She deserves to die too much!"Inside the jewelry store, Marcus looked at the fake Yvonne gently. "Do you like the ring I'm giving you?"The fake Yvonne was so excited that tears streamed down her face. "I like it. I love it too much! I truly love it so much!""I should've given you this ring four years ago. It was such a pity that at that time…""It's fine, hubby, it's fine. Is
All thirty people in the banquet hall were stunned. At that moment, they still have not made sense of what the hell has happened. How come a group of police came in once Yvonne left? Did they arrest the wrong people?"No, officer, we're…friends of Master Marcus of the Shaw family in South City. We've saved his wife. Master Marcus even said he is going to give me two apartments as gifts. Did you…have the wrong place?" Bella boldly asked the police at that moment.Nobody answered Bella. A few police officers came up and confiscated all of their phones. Not a single one was left behind.Bella could not hold herself back anymore and said while trembling, "We're Marcus' friends. He is not an ordinary person in South City. If Marcus knew that you've arrested us, when the time comes…"A police officer sneered. "The people we're arresting are all of you, the group of Marcus' friends!""Huh? Why?" Bella did not understand. Actually, she was not too familiar with the law. She just knew tha
"A billion dollars! Isn't he just insulting us, the three Shaw brothers? Marcus loves this bitch so much! When I see her looking so happy, I just want to kill her immediately! I have to have her killed!"At this end of the call, the tan and fat man asked Marcus' eldest brother very respectfully, "Sir, as long as you give an order. Just tell me, how do you want to get this woman killed? Why don't I kill her now?""No!" Marcus' brother stopped him and said. "It's not the best time now. There are too many people in there, so it's not going to be easy for you to escape. I only have a loyal servant like you. I can't let you die. You have to find a place outside that you can easily run away after getting the deed done. Now is not the right time!"The tan and fat man instantly said, "Alright, Sir, whatever you say. I'll find an even messier place and have this woman killed! I'll be hanging up now, sir!"After he hung up the call, the tan and fat man continued watching everything inside th
When Bella heard Marcus saying that, she immediately said shyly, "Gosh, how can I trouble Master Marcus in everything? No…there's nothing else.""Come on, Bella, whatever difficulties you have, just say it. My husband is the second most powerful person in South City anyway. There's really nothing he can't do." The fake Yvonne lifted her head and looked at Marcus coquettishly. "Am I right, hubby?"Marcus looked at the fake Yvonne very dotingly. "Baby, what do you think? I'm a husband that you've picked, so could you have been mistaken?""That's right!" The fake Yvonne happily leaned her head on Marcus' shoulder. Marcus hugged the fake Yvonne and was feeling so disgusted that he almost threw up. This Yvonne and his Yvonne indeed look very alike. They looked extremely alike! If this Yvonne did not speak and remained quiet, Marcus would feel that this is his Yvonne and his wife whom he had been thinking of all day and all night. However, the real Yvonne would never make such a request o
Of course, the fake Yvonne agreed. Three days later, they held a banquet for the fake Yvonne's benefactors at the most luxurious hotel in South City. Some of them were out-of-towners. There were also some from South City. Marcus roughly scanned them and surely, the middle-aged woman was there. She was the woman who was staying in the same area with Mila back then and the one who suggested letting Mile do a DNA test.Marcus held the fake Yvonne's hand and came to the middle-aged woman. "Miss, do you still recognize me?"The fake Yvonne immediately introduced her to him. "Darling, let me tell you, this is the lady who had helped me the most. Her name is Bella Hughes. She has always been taking great care of me, including the time I had a miscarriage. She was the one who took care of me. I feel we should give her two apartments!"The middle-aged woman named Bella immediately waved. "No need, no need. There's really no need for that. To be able to escort you back to your husband's side