It was late winter now and snow was frequent. Seacisco, the concrete jungle, was covered in a layer of snow and frost.

Catherine Turner was calmly making tea in her residence. After decades of experiencing the world, she had assumed a noble, elegant demeanor.

“My dear daughter, you’ve been looking sullen these days. What’s the matter?”

After pondering for a moment, she smiled at Charis sympathetically and asked, “Is it about a boy?”

Feeling agitated, Charis stared at the tea in her cup with her chin propped on one hand. “Mom, I don’t want to talk about it, okay?”

Catherine could sense that something was wrong. She eyed her daughter warily, wondering what had happened.

Although Ethan had warned Charis several times, she couldn’t stop herself from hiring a private detective to investigate Janet.

Janet had cut all ties with the Lind family. The only family she had

and would never do anything to hurt

Tyler, Hannah’s son who hadn’t been in contact

Tyler, Hannah’s son

and gambling addict. He was deep in debt and was at the end of his rope,

knew Tyler to “casually” tell him that Janet worked

running

thought that she had

Ethan for help the second

with it easily. Now, Tyler had no choice

Charis felt frustrated and unwilling to let Tyler to start

family’s connections to hire human traffickers to set a trap for Tyler

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