her beloved dad shouted at her. She wasn't given room to react when Sand

brawled on the day of her brother and mother's burial. Her little self had held on to her mother's coffin, demanding she wake up

he jumped from her seat and rushed towards the grave, planning on jumping in herself, but the pastor was q

Sandra had slapped her when they got into th

beginning of her sla

ive with them. She was grateful to have a girl of her age, but she soon regret

y Jenny. For a whole year after her mother's dea

sisted on moving into their family home. With Grandma living with them, she re

voice trembled with unspoken grief as she wrestled with the ghosts of her past. She lo

voice she had longed to hear once more. It was her brother, Ken, his laughter

r times. She remembered the joy of their shared adventures and the bond that had once united

ain of her loss threatening to consume her whole. She longed to escape, to flee from the

ock echoed through the room, shattering the stillness like a thunderclap. Aurora's

d the knocking never ceased as well. Aurora tried to steady her breath and gathered strength to face whatever was standing at the other side of the door. But the weight of her despair was a heavy burden to

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g why Aurora was sold to a cold heart as Lorenzo by her father. He knew his boss firsthand and ho

the car compartment, he alighted from the car an

he heard his cold voice ushering him in. Adjusting hi

collected on Lorenzo's table, who picked i

Lorenzo demanded. Lawrence dropped it o

Daniel sign off his beloved daughter this easily

boss

," he

he felt when he saw Aurora. She was supposed to be his property now, a means to an end,

details about Aurora's background. "Here's everything we could fi

ra's past, the more his anger grew. Her father's betrayal, and the abuse she

he reminded himself, closi

dn't wait for his answer before he scurried out of t

to do. This is the first time in his line of work that a father would

alented. Why was she looking malnourished then? He didn't have time t

and headed to his casino, wi

to inform my men to be stationed at their strategic places. N

should we at

ucking job; do i

sent messages to the men, preparing for t

. The Chicagoans' insolence would not go unpunished. They had dared to def

etness as a weakness. I need to remind them of what I am capabl

eth, his words dripping with venomous hatred. He moved in long s