Chapter 808

Maja shouldn’t have to deal with all this crap. She was trying to understand: where did her uncle and aunt go wrong? They’ve never left Crystalbrook Valley, always influenced by their surroundings.

They lived in a culture where boys were favored over girls, so naturally they followed suit. So when they found out Olivia was carrying a boy, their decision made sense to them.

It’s not that they were heartless; their worldview was just that narrow.

Furious, Maja cut ties with everyone and never thought their next encounter would be like this.

Four lonely graves sat there in silence, and she sat there until night fell. Only then did she get up, rub her numb legs, and drive away.

But just as she was about to open the car door, she saw another car parked not far away, just a run–of–the–mill car.

Who would come here at this hour?

She didn’t give it a second thought and got into her own car.

In the other car, lan sat.

The car window was cracked open, letting in the mountain wind.

Cigarette butts lay scattered under the window; clearly, he had been waiting for a while.

fancy car, Maja would have known he was

Valley, he

it was late, and Maja would probably head to

the Riverside Haven staff to call her. Now he just had to drive there too, pretend it was a coincidence, and

from sight before slowly pressing the gas

Maja, he drove around town and heard Maja spent her last year of high school here, so he went to her

pitch black; he couldn’t see the

to Riverside Haven and quietly switched back to his own car.

he was led

anyone else check in tonight?”

mean

had dealt with Maja several times, and with the Elston family’s incident, her name was well–known in Crystalbrook Valley.

sudden tightness in his

next to yours. If you don’t like it,

that Mr. Raymond didn’t like

no need to

casual, but his pace quickened.

he recalled their first encounter here.

painting on the wall quietly, and he couldn’t resist joining in.

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