Lacey knew that begging the adoptive mother wouldn’t help, so she crawled to the adoptive father, “Please help him, you cannot just watch him being given away.”
“Bitch!” Lacey begging the adoptive father had angered the adoptive mother, she took the baby that hadn’t even had the umbilical cord cut to herself, it was all naked, and it still had Lacey’s blood on it, the moment the adoptive mother took him, he cried.
It was a loud and clear voice, very bright.
Lacey crawled over and grabbed the legs of the adoptive mother, there was a trace of blood on the ground, she hugged her legs and bowed down, until her forehead was bleeding, “Please I am begging you don’t throw my child away, I am begging you, I can do anything you want, please...”
“You wish, do you think I didn’t know, you wanted to have this child to fight for the heritage?” The adoptive mother kicked her away.
Lacey passed out.
When she woke up, she was lying alone in a room, the sun was bright outside, she had no idea how long she was out, but she felt very thirsty, she had pain all over her body, and she didn’t even have the strength to get up.
The adoptive father was controlled by his wife, she didn’t allow her to eat or to drink.
She made no sound, just laid there, she wanted to die, to die with her child.
She didn’t know if the neighbors had heard the child cry, if they asked, the adoptive mother just told everyone that Lacey was not messing around with boys in school and got pregnant, but the child died immediately after the birth.
But the little brother spit out the truth that the adoptive mother killed the baby, only the the people in the village knew, but they didn’t want to make trouble, because it was Lacey who got pregnant accidentally, so nobody felt sorry for her.
She had a fever, it lasted a day and a night, she was unconscious.
...
Her eyes were widened, which were filled with blood vessels, “I don’t dare to tell anyone, I am afraid, I am afraid they will look at me with a weird stare, I am afraid, so afraid...”
She was horrified and rolled herself together, as if it just had all happened to her yesterday, “I am more afraid you will know, I am afraid I disgust you, you won’t like me anymore, I am afraid you will hate the me, I am afraid, I am afraid to death.”
As she said so, she looked towards Dolores, “I have seen that Charles cares about you, I am jealous, I envy, I hate, hahaha, I did this on purpose, on purpose, I sent the toy as my child in front of you, hahaha!”
Dolores’ hand suddenly clenched, Lacey’s words were like a hammer that hit her heart.
She was trembling uncontrolled.
Matthew grabbed her clenched fists.
Lacey again looked at Charles, “I hate her, she already has so much, why does she not leave you alone, I am jealous of her, she can have you, I am jealous, she can raise her child so well, I envy her, why is her life so good?”
Charles looked at her and said nothing.
He was feeling bad in his heart, what a person went through would really change her.
She used to be a naive girl, but now she was injured.
“After I grew up, I left my family, I thought I was free, I thought I could have a new life, I could start new, but I was still living in a deep hot sea, they were like monsters, they didn’t leave me alone, they blackmailed me, asked me for money, I had to hide, I didn’t dare to let you know, I had a brother who was with me, because I was afraid, I was afraid you’d know that he existed, then you would know my past, I didn’t want anyone to know, I didn’t want you to know.”
Lacey raised her tied hands, she wanted to touch Charles, but she didn’t dare to because she was not good enough.
In her heart, Charles was the best, nobody was good enough for him.
She looked at Charles for a long time, “I want to forget, but I cannot, every time I had dream at night, it was about my baby crying, it was as if the nightmare followed me, he appeared every night in my dreams, torturing me, I am tired, I want to die, I have even thought about suicide, but I didn’t succeed, I was saved, my life is so unfortunate, I cannot even die, sometimes I wonder if I was an executor in my last life, that this life I have it so hard.
I have lost confidence in life, it is as if I lived a life like a zombie, until I have met you, your help has made my dark world light up, I did my best, I wanted to live well, for you, because you have given me hope.
In the stored, I saw you get angry for a woman the first time, I was so sad because I like you, I know deep down that I am not worthy, I don’t dare to show you, I don’t dare to let anyone know.
I didn’t want my brother to know about you, so I closed down the store.
Just because I was afraid you will know about my past.”
Lacey smiled, her eyes squinted so she could take a good look at him, she wanted to remember his look, “Don’t blame me, don’t blame me.”
Charles’ emotions were like waves, he looked at Lacey and couldn’t say anything, should he comfort her?
What should he comfort her with, what words could comfort such a broken heart?
What words could make up for the pain that was caused to her?
He had a hoarse voice, “I don’t blame you, I always had hope for you.”
Lacey smiled, “Thank you, thank you for not being disgusted by me.”
She thought, if she had another life, she would not want to be human again.
“Hm.”
They heard a muffled sound and then there was blood coming from her mouth.
“She wants to commit suicide.” Boyce grabbed her chin so she couldn’t bite her tongue.
Her mouth was full with blood.
“Tom!” Charles yelled, “Quickly, bring her to the hospital!”
Tom came running, and picked her up, leaving the factory.
There was a lot of blood on the ground.
Charles took out his phone to call Tom, “No matter how much money it costs, you have to save her.”
Tom told him that he understood and hung up.
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