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Grace had an expression of taking things for granted.
“Do you know how much Amanda suffered in Ouray? She was covered in bruises all over her body!”
“So what? She deserved it! Who told her to come back!” Grace vented her frustration.
“What if I was pretending? What if I had people torment Amanda? I just wish she were dead!
“But I couldn’t make it too obvious, because then the one you’d all hate and despise would become me…”
At the same time, Grace reached out her arm, wanting to embrace Adam’s neck.
“Adam…”
Suddenly, there was a loud crack, and that was the sound of a bone breaking.
Adam, with a gloomy expression, tightly gripped Grace’s wrist, exerting such a strong force that he actually snapped the bone.
“No!” Grace screamed, clutching her hand.
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Meanwhile, Amanda just woke up from a long dream and opened the blackout curtain on the plane.
Amanda stared blankly at the pitch–black horizon.
Amanda had dreamt of her father, mother, and older brother, as well as Adam, whom she had loved for many years.
“If only you hadn’t come back that year. Why did you have to do such a wrong thing?
“Amanda, you are the one I love the most. Marrying Grace was a sham.
No one loved Amanda, and no one trusted her, either.
The grey, damp, and cloudy day was intertwined with the tears Amanda managed to hold back.
Fortunately, the announcement of the plane reaching its destination sounded at that moment.
“Ladies and gentlemen, this flight is scheduled to arrive in Grenadan in five minutes. The ground temperature is 20 degrees Celsius, and the plane is now descending…”
Amanda cast aside those sentimental dreams.
Looking at the increasingly bright and clear city outside the window, Amanda wore a smile.
Amanda was ready to have a new life when she arrived in Grenadan.
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“Hello, may I ask if you are Ms. Hacker?”
The boy walked over, holding a cell phone.
He was much taller than Amanda. When he smiled with his mouth open, Amanda could see his white teeth.
“I am. Are you Charlie?” Amanda nodded in response.
“Yes!” Charlie smiled. “The landlord and National Security Section asked me to pick you up.
“Grenadan is an island country with a population of only around 80,000. Since it’s your first time here, the landlord was afraid that you wouldn’t be able to find the place. I am also a tenant, living downstairs from you.”
Charlie explained while walking out of the small airport with Amanda.
Amanda smiled and said, “I want to thank you. Tonight, I will cook a Bridilian cuisine for you. How about that?”
“Really? That’s great!” Charlie was excited. “To be honest, both the landlord and I haven’t had a good Bridilian cuisine for a long time. I can’t handle spicy food very well.”
Charlie said apologetically.
“It’s okay. I can also make non–spicy dishes.”
Faced with this innocent boy, Amanda showed great understanding.
“That would be great! If you are willing to cook Bridilian cuisine two or three times a week, the landlord would definitely be happy to waive a quarter, or
even half, of the rent!”
Charlie was very happy. Even the freckles on his face seemed to show his joy.
Amanda was also very happy.
Just as it had barely begun, she felt that the new life was filled with hope.
It was at Timon.
Adam couldn’t sleep well.
As soon as he closed his eyes, he would think of Amanda.
In his dream, Amanda looked at Adam coldly.
There was no longer any admiration or affection in her eyes.
Adam was upset.
He thought, “How could Amanda look at me with such a gaze?”
Adam said to Amanda in his dream, “I knew the truth, I knew everything from the past. I knew I was wrong…”
Adam took the initiative to speak. However, when he was apologizing, his words were incoherent.
Amanda coldly interrupted him.
She said, “So? Do you want to use just one sentence to wipe away all that I have suffered over the past seven years?
“Do I still need to thank you for your generosity?”
Adam was stunned. He was regretful and upset.
He explained, “No, I didn’t mean that. I know you were deeply hurt, but can you give me a chance to make amends? Where did you go? Can you tell me?”
“Redemption?” Amanda sneered, “Can someone like you seek redemption?”
Her gaze was so cold and full of disgust.
Amanda said, “Adam, I hate you. I will never forgive you.”
It was like a curse. Adam suddenly woke up from his dream.
It was early morning.
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His phone suddenly rang.
It was Thomas, Adam’s assistant.
Adam frowned and answered the call.
Thomas said, “Mr. Powell, Ms. Grace jumped off the building again.”
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Adam asked, “Is she dead?”
Adam was only concerned about the outcome.
Thomas said, “Ms. Grace is alive. The fire department arrived in time. When she jumped down, the fire safety cushion was already prepared. Moreover, Ms. Grace didn’t intend to die.”
As an assistant, Thomas couldn’t say it.
Realizing that he had misspoken, Thomas immediately apologized, “I’m sorry, Mr. Powell. I was just unable to accept what Ms. Grace did to Ms. Amanda, so I got emotional. I will be more careful, and I won’t make the same mistake again.”
If it were in the past, Adam would have been furious or even fired Thomas.
But after knowing the truth, Adam’s attitude towards Grace changed completely.
So he didn’t care what Thomas said.
Adam suddenly remembered the scene of Amanda’s first hospitalization after she came back.
At that time, Amanda was fast asleep.
Adam stood by the bed and watched her quietly until she woke up.
At that time, there was so much tenderness and affection in his eyes.
Adam remembered that there was a thin layer of condensation on the glass window at that time.
Amanda, who woke up from a nightmare, suddenly smiled gently.
She said, “Adam, do you remember? The first time we met, it was a snowy day like this.”
Thinking of this, Adam smiled bitterly.
He wished so much to go back to that day and hold Amanda tightly.
Adam wanted to tell her, “I remembered. Of course, I remembered. I will not forget anything about you.”
Adam looked out of the window. It was still snowing tonight.
“Mr. Powell, the car has already arrived at the parking lot. The Hacker family hope that you can go and take a look.”
Thomas’s voice resounded again.
Finally, Adam went to the sanatorium.
As soon as he entered the ward, Grace walked to Adam quickly.
She was crying.
“Adam, how could you treat me like this?”
Adamn felt very familiar with Grace’s tearful and emotional question.
In the dream, Amanda also questioned him like this.
“How could you treat me like this, Adam?”
Adam thought, “Did Amanda cry at that time? Did she shed tears?
“No.”
Adam carefully recalled for a few seconds in a daze.
From the first encounter at the entrance of Ouray to the final farewell at the Hacker family, seven years passed.
But, Amanda never shed a tear in front of Adam.
“Grace.”
Adam looked at Grace, who had become pale and haggard overnight.
He said, “I hadn’t even started doing anything to you.”
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Adam’s words scared Grace. She immediately stopped crying.
Grace trembled and wanted to say something. “Adam…”
Adam interrupted her, “Grace, I had my assistant investigate Amanda’s medical records in Ouray for the past seven years. I also learned that someone asked many people to hurt Amanda in my name. For example, someone was asked to destroy Arnanda’s face and even was asked to kill Amanda in the
mountains.”
Adam quietly looked at Grace and asked, “Did you do these things?”
Grace slowly squeezed out a word, “Yes.”
Upon hearing this word, Adam felt helpless.
He finally understood why Amanda was so sensitive to external stimuli. Sometimes, when walking on the roadside, even a slight breeze or rustling of grass could frighten her.
Adam thought, “Is it fear of experiencing violence again?
“All the villagers who had beaten her and humiliated her for the past seven years would say, ‘There are people outside who want you dead.“”
Grace said with tears, “Adam, where is Amanda? I will kneel and apologize to Amanda. I won’t do these again.”
Grace looked at Adam, begging for mercy.
Adam thought, “Kneel and apologize?
“What’s the use of kneeling and apologizing? No one knows where Amanda is.
“No one could make up for the harm done to her.”
Adam suddenly smiled, but he was filled with bitterness.
He was so regretful that he wished he could go back seven years ago and kill himself.
“Adam?”
Seeing that Adam remained silent, Grace became even more afraid.
Adam said, “Grace, you have to slowly redeem your sins.”
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