Chapter 244

During dinner, Emily didn’t talk, and Charlie felt even more awkward. So he tried to make conversation, “Do you like Lego?”

Emily whispered, “I only have this one Lego. It was a birthday gift from my dad when I was ten.”

Back then, her dad hadn’t started gambling yet, and he had just been promoted to head chef at a hotel, doubling his salary. He bought her the Lego she had always wanted for her birthday.

That year, they also moved into a new house – their whole family was the envy of neighbors and relatives.

But today, their house has been sold, and their family torn apart.

All because of gambling, Emily had never hated anything so much in her life!

Charlie said, “So your dad was pretty good to you. How did he end up like this?”

the head chef, and deliberately introduced him to gambling. They set him up to win, and

dad was a chef. No

When she was young, her father was her hero, but now, he was no

a belief, and when that belief slowly collapses,

continued, “Your dad just took a wrong turn. He’ll come to his

Emily’s eyes, but she didn’t dare to look up. Instead,

didn’t look down on her, instead he comforted her. Emily

the broken castle put back together and sitting perfectly on her

had moved them in while she

tears welled up in her eyes again. She wasn’t sure if it was the sadness

to find another job

Before leaving, he told Emily he wouldn’t be coming for a while/ and that

say anything, she just knew she owed Charlie more

at the dessert shop and found another part–time

saw Emily in the elevator.

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