In Love, Never Say Never

In love, never say never chapter 1001

I had almost forgotten about Ann. For a fleeting moment, I looked at Amy, didn’t know how to answer her. After a moment’s silence, I said, “Amy, maybe Ann didn’t come to the city. She’s married.”

“No. Ann said she wouldn’t marry that idiot. So, she will definitely make an effort to escape. Ms. Stovall, will you help me to find Ann?”

Amy sounded very insistent on finding Ann. It seemed like she was sure that the latter would escape from her husband.

Unwilling to strike Amy with the truths, I nodded in response and replied, “Of course. I will get someone to look for her. And, I will bring her here if I find her.”

Amy nodded when she heard my words. “Yay! I don’t need to worry that Ann will get lost when she comes to the city anymore,” said Amy as though she had gotten a load off her mind.

She was so sensible that it made me feel sorry for her. Holding her in my arms, I said, “Amy, we have to go to your hometown to visit your parents. Can you go with me?”

At that, she looked at me with her eyes wide opened and queried, “Ms. Stovall, are you trying to send me back? Am I not good enough?”

I shook my head. “No. You are not registered as a citizen yet. So, I want to bring you back and ask your parents to help in this matter. After you’ve registered as a citizen, you can have the surgery legally.”

Upon hearing that, Amy nodded with a clueless face. The way she looked at me told me that she couldn’t understand much of what I had said. At that, I smiled at her while thinking about Hailey.

The next day.

I had told Cameron that I wanted to drive myself to Amy’s house, which was located in the countryside, beforehand, and she was worried after knowing that. In the morning, just as I stepped out of my house, I saw Boris standing beside the car in the yard.

He was an old man, but his appearance was well-maintained, so he looked middle-aged. When he saw me, he flashed me a faint smile and said, “Mr. Moore was worried about you. He wanted me to bring you there.”

I shrugged. “I should have known this.”

Without giving more thought to it, I got into his car with Amy. When he realized I brought many clothes and shoes, he frowned and queried, “Will we be gone long?”

I shook my head. “No. These are the clothes that Ashton bought for me every season. I rarely wear them. When the season changes, he will ask his men to send them to the recycling centres. So, I am thinking of giving them to Amy’s mother so that the clothes won’t go to waste.”

Then, he started up the car and said, “You’re so attentive, but that woman doesn’t deserve it.”

Upon hearing that, I frowned slightly and asked with a tone of disapproval, “Do you think that she is by no means a good person because she is cruel to her daughter?”

He nodded as he took a peek at Amy and replied, “She treats her children so badly. She is not fit to be a mother.”

Sighing slightly, I said, “When I was a kid, I lived in an alley in R Province with my Grandma. In the alley, there was a family of four. The man of the house was very hardworking. At that time, people in R Province relied on farming to make a living. Every day, the man left early for work and returned home late. Maybe because he had overstrained himself and his body became weak, one day, he fainted at the lake that supplied water for farming. That lake was not very deep, but he drowned. After his death, his wife left with their son, leaving their daughter at R Province. Back then, I didn’t understand why that woman did this. The little girl was more thoughtful than the little boy, but why didn’t that woman bring the former along? After that, the little girl lived with her grandmother. Her grandmother was a harsh person. She always beat and scolded the girl and starve her. I had seen her crying under the bridge a few times. My Grandma always asked me to bring her some food. But, that was not a good idea because sometimes, she would still have nothing to eat.

“One day, she borrowed some money from me. I gave her all the money that I had, just the two coins. I thought she wanted to buy something that she really wanted. But, never would I have expected that she had bought pesticide with it. She brought the pesticide to her father’s grave, drank it, and lay in front of the grave. I remember that she said this to me back then, ‘Some people are born without a choice. Everyone wants to show their best side to others, but to some people, life itself is a struggle. They can’t even make the effort to put on a show.’“

Hearing that, Boris remained silent. However, after we got on the highway, he suddenly spoke up, “Your parents didn’t stay by your side these years. Did you hate or blame them before?”

I was shocked when I heard his question because I was under the impression that he wasn’t a person who liked to ask about people’s internal affairs.

Then, I smiled faintly and replied, “It’s impossible that I don’t hate them at all. But more than the hatred is gratitude. I’m grateful that I was raised by Grandma, and I’m glad that I can marry Ashton. Although our lives are not the best, I am willing to strive hard to live. For these reasons, I should thank them for giving birth to me. Humans are no saints. I think they abandoned me for a reason. Maybe they faced some difficulties back then. So, I don’t blame them anymore.”

In love, never say never chapter 1002

Staring at me, he said with remorse, “I am responsible for the incident that happened back then. I shouldn’t keep it from Mr. Moore. If he learned of your existence, maybe he would bring you back to the Moore family.”

To me, that was all in the past now. Hence, I let out a faint smile and replied, “Boris, there is no such thing as ‘if’ in this world.”

Smiling, he took a quick glance at Amy, who was sleeping on my legs, and said, “This child will have a different life after encountering you.”

I shrugged in response and remained silent. It was too early to jump to conclusions now. No one could tell if this was a good or bad thing.

After about eight hours, we arrived at the village. At that time, all of us were exhausted. Although we departed early in the morning, it was late when we reached the destination.

The cold spell hit the village in December, causing a drastic dip in the temperature. Just as I got out of the car, I shivered because the cold wind blew toward me. After a while, Amy woke up and opened her eyes slowly. Looking at the environment that she was familiar with, she said, “Ms. Stovall, we’ve arrived.”

I gave her a nod and grabbed hold of her as we walked toward her house with the bags. Her house was not too far from our car, but the road was not easy to walk. Luckily, there was no rain recently. The soil was dry and hard, so it wasn’t that bad.

I couldn’t find the entrance. Looking at the dark house, I was a little worried. It’s

this place. She stood outside the door and called out to her parents. Not long after, someone opened the door slightly.

happily, “Ava, it’s me! Ms. Stovall brings me back.” At that,

the house. Hence, Boris turned on the torchlight. When he saw a seven-year-old child, he furrowed his

and replied, “They work at the farm

on the cement floor. The dish looked like it had turned

turned to look at Ava, who was trembling from the coldness, and asked, “It’s so cold, and you’re only wearing so little? Why don’t you burn

on Amy’s arms and touched the latter’s clothes in envy as she replied, “Mom told me not to waste the coal when they are not home.

Then, I asked Boris to take all the food from the car and bring her a heavy jacket.

weather is cold.

save it for Christmas. If I have new clothes for

her the jacket again, and said in a serious manner, “Just keep it on. Ms. Stovall will give you some new

and put on the

sound came from outside. Ronald and his wife came back from work. Seeing that, Ava started the fire to heat the dishes up while Amy helped the former to

us, Ronald was stunned before he could react. After that, he wore a wide grin and nervous expression on his face and queried, “Ms. Stovall, what makes you come here? Did Amy cause trouble to you? Don’t worry. Everything can still

the children were always wrong. Looking at him, I said, “Don’t think too much.

grass and radish from the car. The

hearing my words, she heaved

didn’t tell him the purpose of

next day, Ronald’s wife got up

children, saying that

“It’s like this. I knew you haven’t register Amy as a citizen. So, I want you to get citizenship

say never

was stunned. “Why did you insist on registering Amy as a citizen? Are you planning to use this to threaten me in the future? All the while, the kids who leave our village had bever been registered, but their families got paid. I heard if I were to register my child and got forced to sign some agreement, I won’t get a cent even

you to register Amy as a citizen for her own future. She’s your daughter. You won’t want her to stay in the mountains forever, right? Without a proper status, she wouldn’t

from the neighboring village. Why would she need to go out there? This is her life, her fate. I won’t register her as a citizen. If you disagree, just send her back

high school, right? I believe

my offer caught his attention. He paused before answering. “No.

find her!” someone was cursing outside. Soon, Ronald’s wife hurried in frantically. “Frit’s family are saying that Ann killed him after

stood up in shock. “Killed him?

door. They are coming to kick

do? She killed him, so they won’t forgive us. We’ve already spent the money. What should

tears rolled down the woman’s cheeks. “Damn you, Ann Weeder!

thought Ann would give in instead of killing her husband and escaping from that household. Looks like I’ve underestimated her

sticks and knives. They yelled, “Ronald Weeder, your daughter killed my son! Come out now! I want my son back! If you don’t come out, I’ll

As they criticized Ronald’s doings, I pieced together

deceased’s name was Fritz Wolfsen. He was born with an intellectual disability, so he had a low IQ as an adult. As he was in his thirties without a wife, his parents collected and borrowed around one hundred thousand to buy him a wife from the neighboring village—Ann Weeder. The reason they were willing to spend that much on her was so she could give birth to Fritz’s offspring, but to their dismay, she kicked up a fuss and even accidentally killed Fritz. Immediately,

sat in the chair

spent all the money they gave us, so there’s no

few hundred thousand so his son could go to

wondered why he was so frugal after selling his daughter.

been here twice. Clearly, he had sent his son away before I even got here. I could understand why, though. Every parent wished only the best for their children. They hoped their children would lead a different life

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impatient outside, Ronald trembled in fear while

they really going to burn

landed on me as he implored, “Ms.

my lips and spoke. “I can help you with one condition. Register your kids as citizens of the country. If you agree, I can

brows. She staggered back

glare. “I believe Ms. Stovall has made herself clear. Nothing is free

Amy as a citizen, no problem. But I won’t agree to register my other kids’ birth. You need to give me your word that you’ll pay me in

was. He seemed like a foolish but greedy man, but actually, he had his own plans. He was playing the innocent card. If

slight smile. “Why are you so confident

if you refuse to pay, never mind. Mr. Dumphy doesn’t know about you coming here to ask me

Ha!

He’s right. I shouldn’t have thought he was a fool. Shrugging, I

We know what we both want, so we should be honest