Chapter 53: It’s Time to Leave
The villagers kept their eyes fixed on the direction Benjamin and the others were leaving. When they saw them actually boarding the boat and leaving, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As he watched them leave, the Chief remained skeptical.

A villager’s voice hushed, as if afraid that someone might be eavesdropping, “Chief, what do you think we should do next? Will these people come back and cause trouble?”

Another villager chimed in, saying, “I can’t help but think that their departure this time is too calm. Is it possible that they have some malicious intentions and are deliberately disguising them?”

“If their actions end up affecting Miss Martinez, we would all feel guilty as well.”

“Miss Martinez has helped us so much all these days. Without her, my child wouldn’t even understand the basic questions.”

“Miss Martinez has done so many things for us. We can’t simply sit and watch her get into trouble. We can’t just be idle and useless, okay?”

Everyone chimed in, agreeing, “Absolutely. But I think those people have already gone.

far. Let’s call Miss Martinez out later so that we don’t scare her again!”

“That cellar is dark and damp. If it weren’t for the circumstances, I wouldn’t want Miss Martinez to go near that place at all.”

Martina didn’t know how long she had been waiting. Maybe it was an hour, two hours, or three?

She waited until her mind started to feel drowsy.

The cellar was stuffy, and if someone stayed there for a long time, it could cause discomfort in the body.

Martina felt her consciousness becoming increasingly blurry, but fortunately, just when she was about to give in, she heard voices calling from above the cellar. “Miss Martinez… Miss Martinez, are you okay?”

weakly responded,

villagers, she managed to crawl out of the cellar

as Martina got from the cellar, she took big, gasping breaths. Breathing in the relatively fresh air mixed with the sea breeze, she finally felt like she had barely come

time, there was

a woman, Martina could barely stand, and immediately she asked

he found himself unable to restrain her departure, despite his reluctance to

and no one knew what they were here

Martina was lucky enough to escape, but she might

about an hour. If you want to leave, you can take that

will give up so easily. You should change

nodded, understanding that the Chief was trying

she returned to Candy’s home and borrowed a set of clothes from

hair and intentionally applied a

to catch her breath. She

had endured during this journey had not made Martina feel any attachment to Benjamin. On the contrary, there was a growing disgust towards in

because she had truly made up her mind not to love someone who was

Martina joy and a sense of care, but instead

only her biological parents would recognize her unless they observed

was her last

to take a desperate gamble this time. Maybe she could

her outside for such a long time, Benjamin would never expect her to return to LA where she used

time came, Martina swiftly boarded a ship, but this time she was on a ship heading

spent in the cellar, she

heightened, and the urge to vomit grew stronger. She could only huddle

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