Chapter 9
After I won the case, my parents were overjoyed. They never imagined I could actually take such a big bite out of the
Wellington fortune
My father cheerfully asked me for money to fund a new project.
I placed a bank card on the table and slid it toward them. ‘From now on. I’ll transfer a basic living allowance to you
every month. Enough for food and medical care, but not a penny more
My mother stared at me in disbelief, then demanded sharply. “You got all that money, and this is how you treat us?
We’re your parents. You’re an ungrateful brat.”
I stood up, my voice flat, so flat it felt rehearsed “As of today. I’m no longer your daughter And don’t come looking for
- If you do, I’ll cut off that month’s allowance I mean what I say
I walked out of the Hayes family home and closed my eyes. The memories cut into my heart like rusted blades.
The first time I found Chad cheating. I had called home crying My mother said. ‘Men are like that. He’ll come back when
he’s had his fun. Don’t make a scene.”
The second time, my mother-in-law pointed at my stomach and called me barren.
My mother just smiled apologetically and nodded along “Yes, yes. I’ll take her to get checked out. By the way, about the
medical bills for the treatment…
The third time. The fourth time.
Every time, she told me to endure it, to get pregnant, and not to divorce him, for the sake of money, never for my sake.
The truth was, I had lost my family a long time ago.
My pain had been priced and traded to the Wellingtons. Now I had cut off all my ways back with my own hands. There
was no going back.
After that. I wrapped up everything in Cherryhill and went to study abroad in Lakewood without a second thought.
Life in Lakewood was quiet and comfortable. During the day. I went to class and focused on my studies.
In the evenings. I went back to my apartment, made a pot of beef stew, and ate it with freshly toasted garlic bread while watching TV
No more endless scandals to handle. No more pretending through family dinners. No more crying myself to sleep waiting for someone who never came home.
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marriage slowly grew back in the Lakewood air
One weekend. Samantha flew all the way from Cherryhill to Lakewood to see me. The moment we met, she shoved a tabloid magazine into my hands.
On the cover were several photos of Chad. He was wearing sunglasses, his face cold and cruel as he pushed Jessica out of
his car
He didn’t even look back at her pathetic attempts to stop him. He just drove off
The headline was over the top. [Top Gold Digger Dumped Fairytale Dream Crushed.]
I glanced at it, my expression unchanged.
But Samantha looked thrilled. See? A leaky roof lets rain in on everyone’
I set the magazine aside, smiling as I poured her a cup of coffee.
The people and drama that once kept me awake at night no longer stirred anything in me, now distant and separated
by time.
Cherryhill’s noise and chaos were like wind outside my window. They could no longer disturb the quiet surface of my life.
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