Captivation: Want Nothing But You

Chapter 66: Dad Wants To See Me 

Abby turned her eyes to the ground.She lowered her head and said in a low, guilty voice, "I'm sorry I'm so useless, Miss Bennet."

Rachel finished applying ointment to Abby's wound and threw the used swab in the trash.

As she turned her head back to Abby, she saw the sad, hopeless expression on her face.

Rachel sighed softly as she said, "Abby, I'm not blaming you for what happened.I just want you to remember this.Remember how much this hurt.If something like this ever happens again, I want you to fight back.And if you can't fight, you need to run as fast as you can.Do you understand me?"

"Miss Bennet…" Abby's eyes filled with tears.

"Abby, I can't always be there every time someone you bullies you.The best I can do is punish those who hurt you.But what happens one day when I don't even know who to punish? I've never expected you to protect me… All I ask is that you protect yourself," Rachel said earnestly

 "I will do my best, Miss Bennet," Abby answered softly.

Rachel gave an affectionate smile, reached out and gently ran her fingers over Abby's head.

"I think you've made great progress.Maybe I'm just being too demanding.Take your time; do things your way.I have full faith that one day, you'll be strong."

There was no denying that Abby had already started to change for the better.

Rachel could account for that.She remembered that in the past Abby had been too timid to speak up for herself when she was getting bullied.But she was still worried.

While Abby was making good progress, she needed to learn how to protect herself quicker.

Ever since Rachel had taken Abby and Andy to be her friends, she'd started to care about them more; to the point where she was always afraid that she wouldn't be able to protect them from getting hurt.

In the past, she wouldn't have given them a second thought.

The Rachel from the past was cold and indifferent.

She wouldn't have cared if someone got hurt or bullied… But not anymore.

Yes, Abby had changed.

But so had Rachel.

Abby and Rachel went to the company's canteen for lunch.

They enjoyed their food and idle banter, and once they were done, they decided to head to the archive for a little break.

They'd just stepped into the hallway when they noticed a familiar figure standing there.

"Why is Mrs.Jenkins here?" Abby said in surprise.

Jenkins this morning? What are we going

let her do as she pleases? If she wants to get justice for her

said and turned

and she was

Rachael was different now.

wouldn't put it past her to make good

Rachel wanted to smack her stepmother in

smiled

frowned at her, then

steady her words, and then said seriously, "This time, I

as they

gracefully walked over to them, her elegant, handmade cheongsam hugging her body in all the ways that were

she called gently as

seek justice for

tightened on her

eyes at Rachel for a moment, like a predator sizing up their prey, then quickly regained her composure.She wanted nothing more than to tear Rachel apart at

swollen face staring up at her from the hospital bed had been enough to

Rachel the way she'd hurt

was fractured because

to make her blood boil, and she was only just barely managing to keep her

bitch Rachel black and blue was

put up a good front, soothed her anger,

Alice's fault.As her stepsister, it's understandable that you'd want to teach her a lesson every now and then.Alice told me that her fall had nothing to do with you.She said she was

her eyebrows in disbelief.She could hardly believe Alice would say something like

ask you a favor, Rachel," Caroline said, and quite

and Alice. And because of this, I know you dislike your father

lunch break ended and

speaking loud enough that it attracted more than a

they weren't eavesdropping Rachel smiled in a way that would have been encouraging, had it not been for the mocking

her head, feigning interest in what Caroline had

begging you.Please go and see him.Even if it's just once.I can't bear to see him so

down her cheeks. She stepped

back, twisting her

"Rachel…"

flooded with tears again as she stared

barely holding back from throwing herself on the floor

onlookers all switched their gazes

when they

but now she was giving them more reasons to

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