Angeline was truly moved by Roxie's strength.
Meanwhile, Roxie’s face was filled with happiness at being able to lie in Mommy’s arms. Perhaps because o f the fear of death, Roxie opened up her heart and told Mommy about her childhood.
"Mommy, I have a secret that I've been keeping in the bottom of my heart. I was planning on taking it with m e to the grave, but I suddenly changed my mind."
Angeline said softly, "Are you going to tell me about i t?"
"Yeah.”
"I’ll listen, Roxie. Take it easy."
Hence, Roxie started telling Angeline about it.
"I was actually over five years old when I was abducted by human traffickers. However, since I was small and frail due to being malnourished for a long time, traffickers mistakenly thought I was just a three or four-year-old child. They firmly believed that when I grew up, I would forget about my parents and would not cause trouble to the organization, so they never put their guards up against me.
"After entering the organization, I was finally able to fill my stomach up and wear warm clothes, so I naturally preferred to forget about my bitter past.
When I was in the military intelligence division, our foster father might've thought that I had established a true father-daughter relationship with him, so he trusted me.
"However, I had never forgotten about the part where I was abducted and sold off, so I knew he was a two-faced person. As a result, I remained obedient while still keeping my guard up against him."
Angeline felt her heart getting sore as she listened to the child's story about her life.
A five-year-old child being so clever meant that she must have seen quite a lot to have the ability to discern what someone was thinking about based on their body language.
She quietly waited for Roxie's next sentence.
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