It was already late winter and the night wind blew mercilessly outside.
Although the weather had been good for the past few days, the temperature varied significantly between day and night in A City.
As the night wore on, the wind's icy blasts swept across people's faces like sharp knives and the pain was extreme.
Molly and Steven were sitting on a bench in Moonlight Street, one of the busiest streets in A City at night. To others, this might have felt like paradise, yet the two felt like they were kicked down into hell once again.
Molly looked up at the bright neon lights of the Grand Night Casino. She felt numb, inside and outside.
She thought, 'Life is quite strange. One moment you are struggling to pay your bills, and in the next moment, you want nothing in life.'
Steven, who was sitting beside her, felt nervous about her silence. He was wrapped in his guilty conscience, yet many of the things that had happened were out of his control, like his addiction to gambling.
wind and her eyes were still red and teary. Her long curly eyelashes kept fluttering and
the long silence. With knitted eyebrows, he rubbed his hands together to warm them, and
and said,"You know what, dad?" Her voice was hollow and
eyes widened in shock like large saucers.
away from the neon lights and stared at her father. The worried look written on his face was sincere. She knew that, although her father didn't care
Steven's contorted face, but she continued to say,"There's a cut in my back which I got during the first kidnap and another in my chest. The cut in the back was patched up, but it broke apart several
a ghastly expression and he
bills and Daniel's tuition," Molly said with a smile on her face, although her voice was full of sorrow. "But now, I'm living a great life! I don't need to think about my
talk to him like this. He knew that she was feeling terrible in her heart, yet the look on her face was stronger and tougher than
powerful Brian is." Molly lowered her head,
are only four days left till the end of the month and after that I was supposed to be free." Molly paused and sniffed. With teary eyes and shivering lips, she stared at Steven and went on to say,"But now, it looks like I will never be able to leave
his sentence. He thought, 'It will be better if she doesn't know. I should never
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