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,

she managed to crawl out

took big, gasping breaths. Breathing in the relatively fresh air mixed with the sea breeze,

and this time, there was no way she could remain

could barely stand, and immediately she asked the villagers, “What time is the earliest boat here

grasped Martina’s intention, yet he found himself unable

seemed extremely dangerous, and no one knew what

lucky enough to escape, but she might

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

I don’t think those people who are searching for you will give up so easily. You should

that the Chief

borrowed a set of clothes from Candy’s mother. It was a simple

Martina tied up her hair and intentionally applied a makeup that

catch her breath. She

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

to love

Benjamin’s behaviors not only failed to bring Martina joy and a

mirror and thought, only her biological parents would recognize her unless

was her

planned to take a desperate gamble this time. Maybe she

her outside for such a long time, Benjamin would

swiftly boarded a ship,

to the extended period spent

the ship, her discomfort heightened, and the urge to vomit grew stronger. She could only huddle in a corner of the ship, crouching there in a sorry state, finding some solace in

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