Chapter 460 Offering

"He asked my mom to make her death quick so she wouldn't leave a bad last impression on him. In the end, she couldn't do it because she knew I'd be left alone if she was gone.

"But after that incident, she fell apart. She started drinking and smoking excessively with the money my dad left. She'd hurt herself after drinking, covering her arms and legs in scars.

"I was terrified to go home, fearing I'd find her dead or hear her cries. I suffered for five years until she got diagnosed with cancer. I begged her to get treatment, but she held me with her frail, scarred hands, saying she wouldn't burden me.

"She left me some money, hoping I'd grow up well. She told me not to resent my father—he was the devil. She wanted me to grow up as a pure-hearted angel because I kept her alive for those five years."

As Scott briefly shared his life story, Caroline cried.

"Don't you hate your father?" Caroline asked.

Scott handed her a glass of water. "What's the point of hating him? Hate only torments t