Before the New Year, I met that man of 38-year-old, who was divorced with twokids.

"Aunt, since the man you introduced is so good, why not my cousin marry him?Can a 40-year-old man be called a young fellow? Oh...

and, if cousin marries,you can be a grandmother immediately.

My cousin needn’t give births for being astepmother since he has a son and a daughter.

“ After hearing my words, Harriet was shocked and scared, glaring at me with herdead fish eyes.

I had been a push-over in front of her these years.

I endured asmuch as I could, which made her become worse.

Now she even wanted to sellme out.

"What’s wrong with you, what kind of man you introduced to her?" Harriet was originally irritated by me.

Seeing that uncle supported me, shequarreled rudely right away, “It isn’t bad that he is 38 years old with a car and ahouse.

It is her luck to marry him.” I gave Harriet a scornful look and then turned back to the ward.

It had been several days I didn’t visit and I found that grandmother’s bed waschanged.

After asking the nurse, I turned to the corner of the corridor and sawher lying on the temporary bed.

Suddenly, my eyes turned red...

"Grandma, why are you here?" I quickly walked over.

The middle-aged carer of my grandmother said coldly whileeating sunflower seeds, “You owe more than $10,000.

The hospital is so nice notto chase you away.

The bed in the ward is so expensive.

The nurse Just came to

remind that they won’t offer the imported medicine if the owed money isn’t paidover.

Besides, the caring fee your uncle paid expires today.

I won’t come heretomorrow if you don’t continually hire me.” I said nothing.

Seeing that grandma stay asleep, I went downstairs to repaid themoney.

The carer immediately changed her face when she saw me take the money out.

Ididn’t mind that.

After all, it is common that people pursue money in the world.

When uncle came back, he looked guilty.

I didn’t mind it at all.

Harriet had formeda habit of annoying these years.

Uncle couldn’t stop her and had no such ability! I gave him the rest money in the card and reminded him not to tell Harriet.Otherwise, she would possess it all.

“Lydia, where do you get it? We can’t break the law.” “Uncle, relax, it comes from...” I racked my brain to get a reason to tell him.

Uncle took the bank card with uncertainty.

.......

After arriving at home, I went upstairs and locked the bedroom.

I filled the bathtub with water and lay down comfortably.

The pain after the first sex and the itchy feeling of every step became betterduring the hot bath.

I stared at the ceiling with numerous thoughts.

What happened in these days wasmagic

like riding a roller coaster, so stimulating! Looking at the bruises on the legs, thered marks on the body, I thought of Wayne Gilbert, the scary man.

I suddenly hadno idea where I got the courage to sleep with him.

After I poured my face with water, I decided not to recall the shameful thing thathappened yesterday! Compared with the past, the days ahead really mattered.

I felt lonely andhopeless when I thought about my current situation.

I couldn’t live in uncle family.

Today, I openly offended Harriet.

I had to find ahouse to move out.

Also, I had to buy a new cellphone because Wayne brokemine several days ago.

Both were calculated at least four or five thousand dollars.

I counted the rest of my money which was barely enough for living...

The next day, I bought a cellphone in the budget and spent the rest moneyrenting a house in the old city.

When I moved out in the afternoon,Harriet sneered for a while, yelling that I sleptwith a man and became his mistress.

The words was so terrible.

She stared atme like supervising a thief, afraid that I could steal something valuable.

It wasn't until I finished packing that I found that I only had two suitcases of wearyclothes as the luggage after so many years of living.

What a poor life! I smiledbitterly.

Destiny was so unfair! After moving, my life returned to the original state, simple and and ordinary.

Except for school, hospital was the place I went to the most.

Seeing that

grandma got better and better, I found that whatever I did was worth doing.

But what troubled me more was the friendship with Katherine.

The warning of Wayne that day was still in my ear.

If he found out that I was stillharming his niece, he certainly wouldn’t forgive me.

However, I couldn’t give upthe friendship of so many years.

I had to take courage to keep in touch with herin the fluke mind.

I wouldn’t visit her house anyway in case I met Wayne, I would definitely diethen...

But sometimes, the more you feared something, the bigger probability it wouldcome!