In Love, Never Say Never

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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.”

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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.

the sky was already dark. Hence, I couldn’t find the entrance. Looking at the dark house, I was a

the door and called out to her parents. Not long after, someone opened the door slightly. A meek

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

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

Amy’s hand and replied, “They work at the farm and haven’t come

vegetable stew on the cement floor. The

Ava, who was trembling from the coldness, and asked, “It’s so cold,

coal when they are not home. I just need to cover myself with the blanket to keep warm. I will start the fire after they

by an inexplicable feeling. I think that doesn’t seem appropriate, but I did not say anything else. Then, I asked Boris to take all the food from the car and bring her a heavy jacket. After putting on the jacket for a while, she took off the jacket and kept

weather is cold.

save it for Christmas. If I have new clothes for Christmas,

that, Boris stood up and passed her the jacket again, and said in a serious manner, “Just keep

hearing that, Ava was excited and put on the jacket as

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

walked out of the house. At the sight of us, Ronald was stunned before he could react. After that, he wore a wide grin and nervous

them, the children were always wrong. Looking at him, I said, “Don’t think too much. Amy didn’t cause any trouble to me. We are here to

as she unloaded the dried grass and radish from the car. The children were

she heaved a sigh

night had fallen, I didn’t tell him the purpose of

next day, Ronald’s wife

brought a huge basket and left the house with her children,

So he woke up early too. I said bluntly to him, “It’s like this. I knew you haven’t register Amy as a citizen. So, I want you to get citizenship for her, and we will pay for

say

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 if you harm my child! I’m

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

remained unfazed. “No worries. She will marry someone 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

was going on in his mind. After a brief hesitation, I offered, “If you agree to register Amy’s birth, I’ll pay you an extra fifty thousand. Your son is in high school,

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

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

up in shock. “Killed

the door. They are coming to kick a fuss up!” Ronald’s wife locked the door to their house

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

rolled down the woman’s cheeks. “Damn

by surprise. I thought Ann would give in instead of killing her husband and escaping

your daughter killed my son! Come out now! I want my son

parents and the rest started hurling curses at Ronald. As they criticized Ronald’s doings, I pieced together bits and pieces of

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

out of his wits. He sat in the chair and

should we do? Huh? We’ve spent all the money they gave us, so there’s no way we can pay them

spent a few hundred thousand so his son could

it was too little for him. Initially, I wondered why he was so frugal after selling his daughter. It was because he had spent all the

he had sent his son away before I even got here. I

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the yells grew increasingly impatient outside, Ronald trembled in fear

do? Are they really going to burn our house down?” his wife

loss now. His gaze landed on me

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

off and furrowed his brows. She staggered back

lips thinned as he shot them a warning glare. “I believe Ms. Stovall has made herself

pondered for a while before saying, “Ms. Stovall, we’re from different worlds. You might think I’m exploiting my children and destroying their future, but this is their fate for they are born here. No one can change that fact. I can register Amy as a citizen, no problem. But I won’t agree to register my other kids’ birth. You need to give me your

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

“Why are you so confident that I would agree

People like you are willing to spend money to solve the matter. Even if you refuse to pay, never mind. Mr. Dumphy doesn’t know about you coming here to ask me to register Amy’s birth, right? If I inform him about your arrival, your daughter’s operation might be delayed further. I

Ha!

was a fool. Shrugging, I replied, “Well, looks like you

all I have to say. We know what we both