“Take your time to think it over. Once you've made up your mind, let me know.”
Having said that, Ashlyn was ready to turn around and leave.
Just as she was opening the door, Sienna suddenly called out to her, “Ms. Berry, wait.”
Ashlyn turned around to look at her, only to see Sienna's eyes filled with determination. It seemed as if she had made up her mind in an instant. “Ms. Berry, I can entrust the evidence to you, but... I hope you can fulfill the conditions you promised me.”
“Sienna, never meet with Dixon again,” Ashlyn said softly. “The father of your child has a lifetime of sins. If you want your child to live a clean life, you must forget that this man ever existed in your life.”
“Ashlyn! Aren't you... being too cruel?” Tears streamed down Sienna's face again. “The Haddock family is hell. It's a den of demons. There's not a single good person among them, but Dixon... he was the kindest to me... he protected me... and yet you want me to forget him!”
“Sienna, you're not a naive woman. You better get your facts straight. If you want to live with dignity, you must abandon everything related to the Haddock and Oates families!”
“Does the Oates family in Jadeborough have a place for you? When you went to ask Finnick to save Dixon, did he agree?”
Ashlyn's every word was like a knife ruthlessly stabbing into her heart.
Sienna collapsed to the ground, covering her face as she sobbed loudly.
From the day she was born, her life seemed to be an endless tragedy. She lived within the tragedy. Her child...
“Your background has become a laughingstock for the Oates family. Do you want the whole world to ridicule your child's origins?” Ashlyn walked up to her and bent down to look at her. “Listen to me. Forget Dixon and start over. Even your name, Sienna, will be a part of history from now on.”
Sienna's lips trembled, her gaze fixed on Ashlyn in a daze. “W-What do you mean by that?”
“I will provide you with a brand new identity.” Ashlyn scrutinized her. “You're highly educated and intelligent. It'll be a real waste not putting those to good use.”
Sienna started to feel nervous. “What do you want to use me for?”
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