Seeing Casey's confidence looks, Edith felt a little worry. But she couldn't stop Casey. It seemed to be Casey's destiny. No matter who it was, he couldn't stop Casey.
"I know you are worried about me. In fact, you can rest assured. In B City, my greatest enemy is Sasha. Now she is dead. I have Davies family’s Family Token and account password. This time, I just need to go to B City to take back Davies family. It’s not hard at all. At most, I just need to deal with Margaret." Casey said.
He was not lying to Edith. It was true. Margaret didn’t have Family Token and the right to get Davies family’s property. Although she could take advantage of Sasha's remaining prestige to let Davies family deal with Casey, it was just nothing to Casey.
Edith took a deep breath and showed a relieved look at Casey. She said with smile, "I believe you."
"But can you tell me about your past? I have always been very curious about your past. You said you would tell me when the time was right. Is it the right time now?" Edith stared at Casey.
Casey smiled. Sasha was dead. So it didn’t matter that he told Edith those things.
"Since you want to know, I'll tell you. But you'd better not tell others about these things. Hiding yourself will always be the greatest protection for yourself. Now you have also seen it. If it wasn't that Sasha thought that I was a trash, she probably brought the army of Davies family to come here to kill me, how could she give me such a chance?" Casey said.
Edith nodded and said, "Don't worry. I will never tell anyone."
Casey organized his thoughts, and then took a deep breath. He started telling Edith about Sasha. He told Edith how Sasha married into Davies family, and then he began to talk about himself which he had suffered in Davies family.
He told Edith that he had unusual talents when he was a child, and also said Sasha how to be indifferent to him. He told Edith that Terence taught him how to hide himself, and Terence's disappearance.
Then Sasha and Margaret drove him out of Davies family, and a series of subsequent slanders. Casey also told Edith what happened when he returned to B City last time.
After listening to Casey’s story, Edith felt so complicated. She thought she had already experienced so much in Patel family, but she didn’t expect that Casey’s experience was much more dangerous and complicated than her.
Although Edith was freezing out in Patel family, at least she had a complete childhood. She had a great time in middle school, high school and college. Only when she faced Nyla and Albie would she become unhappy.
However, Casey had to face Sasha's indifference since he was a child. Besides, he had no idea that Sasha had such a deep hatred for him from the very beginning.
Edith felt Sasha was so unfair to Casey. At that time, seeing Sasha being strangled to death by Tyler, she actually felt that Sasha was a bit pitiful. Now, after listening to what Casey said, she suddenly felt that Sasha really deserved it.
How could such a paranoid woman be forgiven by Casey?
After Casey finished saying the things he had experienced, he felt a little bit of emotion. If he didn’t mention it, he felt that he had already gotten it through. But when he mentioned these things again, he suddenly found he was relieved. Somewhere in his mind, there was a real sense of grievance.
No one didn’t want to be cared by his mother. Casey had never had such an opportunity to feeling mother’s love. He didn't know what mother’s love was. So there was always something lacking in his heart.
So this was why he couldn't help but fall in love with Edith after he came to J City from B City. Only Edith gave him a glimmer of hope on his most lonely night.
"Do you remember that a few years ago, at the gate of the railway station in J City, you helped a man in ragged clothes and despair?" Casey asked.
Edith thought about it carefully. It had been so lang time. She hadn't remembered it.
"I know you may have forgotten it a long time ago. You just lifted your finger, but for me, it was really my last hope. I will never forget that you gave me food that night. Your smile and concerns to me was the first time in my life that I felt the warmth from a girl."
"So later I found Mrs. Stella and told her my identity. I promised her that I will let you live a happy life in the future. She agreed to my terms and asked me to marry into your home. Although I knew that you were very reluctant, I have the confidence to change your view of me. In fact, I prove it."
Casey said excitedly. This was the first time he had talked someone so much. It was the only time he confided his feelings to others.
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