A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Abbott and Bess were discontented with Emily, mainly because of Tina. They blamed Emily for all of Tina's misfortunes.

If it weren't for Emily, would Tina have gotten addicted to drugs? Both Abbott and Bess attributed Tina's drug addiction to Emily.

By now, the entire Tao Family chose to forget that it was Tina who had harmed Emily in the first place. All they remembered was the fact that Tina, their foster daughter, whom they doted on from her infancy, was suffering in constant agony.

Master Tao, however, did not give up on the idea of bringing Emily back to Tao Family. After all, Emily was his real granddaughter. How could they let Emily live apart from her real family?

Under pressure from Master Tao, Abbott and Bess had to find an appropriate time to bring Emily back. Considering the sensitive condition Tina was in now, Abbott and Bess dared not to bring up Emily's name at the table. As a consequence, Emily's anticipated return to the Tao family was delayed.

At the Tao Villa.

Draped over the window, a pair of curtains stretched their full length and cast the room into blackness. Great depression loomed in the big room like a tortured wraith, suffocating the life out its occupant.

The drapes rustled as they got pulled open suddenly. Instantly, the sunlight streamed in like a flamboyant guest, not waiting for an invitation, unknowingly giving birth to a shrill voice that tore the silence apart like thin paper.

"Ah! Don't draw the curtains! Put them back! Mark!" Tina cried out.

"Okay! Okay! I will put them back," Mark answered. Mark instantly drew the curtains back returning the room to its former gloomy state. "Calm down," he comforted Tina.

Tina took a deep breath and finally calmed her nerves. "You know I don't like sunlight!" she said.

Tina was like a mushroom growing in a dark corner, smelling somber from top to bottom. She shied away from the sunlight so that she could hide the scars on her face.

The darkness in that way was her sanctuary, a place where she could find comfort in solitude.

"Okay! There's no more light," Mark comforted Tina and walked towards her in the dark.

Tina slowly got up and asked, "Did you get what I asked you to bring?"

appeared in his eyes. "Tina, you'd better not take it," he said.

the tall figure in front of her and said, "You promised

addictive the drug was. He also knew

then she giggled. Her voice was not as vibrant and pleasant as before. The excessive

into Mark's arms and stood

face away to avoid her kiss. "No, Tina!

on to him, it was like a sweet torture for Mark. It was hard for him to refuse her advances, but he didn't

though she had succumbed to darkness and

Tina grabbed his tie and yanked him close, forcing him to lower his head against hers. Tina asked,

Mark

can't stand me anymore! Get out!

lips sealed her mouth with a kiss. He sucked her venomous tongue, and swallowed every poisonous, hurtful words she could form in her

didn't have the strength to push him away, so instead she delivered an

clutching his stinging face. He kept still, like a statue, and the air around

Tina mocked him, "Mark, are you a masochist? You turned me down when I came on to you. And now you are happy even though I just slapped

a few seconds of silence, Mark turned his face to her and

I will happily accept it all,

instant. The convoluted emotions she carried in her

that you like me, right?" Tina said.

voice, just like she did

what she was doing. Whenever Tina wanted drugs, she would resort to using her soft voice to

him and rested her little face against his firm chest, and continued, "Can we go back to the

resist her requests. Once again, he was

took out a box from his pocket and whispered, "Here! The injection is too harmful

snatched the box away from his hand, laughing happily, like a child with a lollipop and pranced away from

watched with disappointment, afraid that she would trip over in the dark, so he turned on a night light just enough to cast a