Chapter 36
The phone call connected,
“Mom, I’m back and I’m outside grandma’s house. Open the door!” Tara said anxiously.
“Tara, you’re back? Didn’t I tell you not to come back?”
Tara heard her mother’s voice from the phone, and she let out a sigh of relief in her heart. Even though she sounded exhausted, at least she was still alive,
Soon, the door was finally opened.
When Tara saw her mother, she could not control herself. She held her mother and started crying.
After they cried for a while, they went into the house.
When they saw that there was no one else in the house, Tara asked, “Mom, what happened? Where’s dad? Where’s grandpa and grandma? Where’s my sister?”
“Your uncle came and took your grandparents and sister away. Your father locked himself in the room and refused to come out. Tara, go talk to your father. He hasn’t eaten in two days. If this goes on, his body won’t be able to take it.”
After Tara entered the room and saw the man sitting there smoking, she could not relate this man, whose hair had almost turned all white, to her father.
Back then, he was so high-spirited. He came from a rural area, and had made something for himself in the city. He was the one with the most prospect in the family, and everyone would give him a thumbs-up whenever they saw him.
However, this man in front of her looked dead inside. This man in his forties now looked like he was in his sixties.
“Dad!” Tara called out, tears streaming down her face.
Her father did not answer her. He was still minding his own business and smoking his cigarette. After he finished one, he continued with another.
“Mom, what happened? How did dad become like this?” Tara turned her head to look at her mother.
“Sigh, your father was scammed. His partner stole all of the company’s money and left the country. Your father is the legal owner of the company, so his name is on all of the loans and receipts. Aside from the bank, there are still debts from the loan sharks. Your father could not endure this, so his hair turned white i none night. He’s been sitting here for two days.”
“Why? Why did this happen? We were fine before, how did this happen?” Tara collapsed on the group, tears flowing down her face uncontrollably.
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