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Chapter 79
Felicia chuckled. “Are you going to ask me that question every time we meet?”
Robert had asked the same question several times before.
Felicia stopped walking and turned to face Roberta. She looked at her with a calm yet firm gaze. “Like I told you, I don’t blame you for the choice you made that day, but I won’t forgive you either. Some betrayals only need to happen once.”
Roberta turned pale after hearing those words. Tears welled up in her eyes.
She struggled to hold back her emotions and barely managed to stop herself from crying. “Aunt Felicia, I’m sorry. I really am
“You don’t have to apologize because apologies won’t change anything,” Felicia said in an indifferent tone. To Roberta, this incident was a haunting regret. But it was just a fleeting moment for Felicia. If the latter had been less fortunate that night, she’d have been tortured to death and never heard these words of regret.
As they had both faced despair, Felicia had sympathized with and pitied Roberta’s predicament. It was this empathy that had driven her to risk her safety just to save Roberta that night.
She had been in Roberta’s shoes and would never want her to face the despair she had felt.
Felicia had never heard of there being an illegitimate child in Noah’s family in her previous life. This likely meant that Roberta had been trapped in that village until she was sold, tortured, and ultimately died in some forgotten corner.
But now, Roberta was still alive and vibrant like a flower in full bloom.
As Felicia was about to leave, she paused briefly and spoke with genuine sincerity, “Roberta, it’s good that you’re alive.
“Don’t dwell on the past. Whatever’s trapping you will eventually pass. You can always be yourself again if you’re determined to make it work.”
A gentle breeze swept through the courtyard and rustled the leaves on either side of the trees.
Roberta stood rooted to the spot. It wasn’t until Felicia had left that she realized tears were streaming down her face.
Felicia’s words rang in her mind, “Don’t dwell on the past. Whatever’s trapping you will eventually pass You can always be yourself again if you’re determined to make it work.”
The words were spoken calmly, but they carried undeniable power that invigorated Roberta’s long–dead heart
Roberta covered her mouth and sobbed uncontrollably. No one had ever said anything like that to her before.
Felicia was the only person who’d shown her kindness in a world of malice and endless despair.
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Felicia was the only one who’d told her she could always be herself as long she wanted it. As long as she could muster just a little courage and break free from her current predicament, she could always be herself.
Roberta wiped away her tears. Her gaze hardened in resolution.
She decided to leave the Walsh residence and escape this place she both loathed and feared. She swore
she would never return.
With her mind made up, Roberta returned to her room t decided to leave them behind. But she made sure to gr saved a few thousand dollars.
With that money, she could leave Khogend with her mo
Roberta soon finished packing, but the moment she face and a stinging slap.
