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.
and teary. Her long curly eyelashes kept
silence. With knitted eyebrows, he rubbed
Molly interrupted him and said,"You know what, dad?" Her voice was hollow and it quickly drifted into the air
like large saucers. He examined Molly up and down, and asked her worriedly,"Did you get
worried look written on his face was sincere. She knew that, although her father
sad when she saw 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,
took on a ghastly expression and he was overwhelmed by a
living a great life! I don't need to think about my living expenses, neither do I have to worry about mom's illness or Daniel's tuition. Believe it or not, I spent a few million during a shopping spree this
talk to him like this. He knew that she was
how high-status and powerful Brian is." Molly lowered her head, concealing the bitterness and helplessness in
paused and sniffed. With teary eyes and shivering lips, she stared at Steven and
He replied,"Molly, I only went to the casino today because-" Steven failed to finish his sentence. He thought, 'It will be better if she doesn't know. I should never tell her about it. Even though she would never
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