Kelly’s eyes popped out of her head.

“Kick the Shields family out and if they show up again, shoo them away. No need to inform me Erica said, turning to Larkin, “Let’s go.” Larkin nodded.

“Erica!” Calvert called out frantically. “Talk to me. Just the two of us.”

Erica looked at Calvert.

Once upon a time, he treated her as his daughter.

But…

Erica shook her head, “No need.”

With that, Erica ignored Calvert, grabbed Larkin’s hand, and left the hall.

Orval stayed. Arms folded, he ordered the guards and servants to escort the Shields family out

at her toes, “Kelly wasn’t lying earlier. When I was little,

most guilty about towards

from severe depression and could no longer take care of

mother entrusted her to the Shields family, while she went for treatment, only seeing her once

school, a kid bullied Erica, calling her

so the lie

on, when Erica saw her mother again, all that was left of her was her ashes, no words left behind. Even now, whenever Erica thought about it, she firmly believed that her mother’s death was the result

used to tell lies when I was a kid, too.” Larkin

“Weren’t you a monk when you were young? Monks

“I used to hate veggies. But there was a period when every meal had veggies. So I would secretly throw them away and lied to my teacher that I finished them. About a week later, my

had seen photos of Larkin as a child in an album. The difference between him as a child and him as an adult

chubby and super

after getting his hands spanked made him even

I felt unwell all over. He got so scared that he carried me down the mountain to see a doctor. When the results showed nothing was wrong with me, my teacher spanked me again. I

“That’s a heavy punishment?”

“Mhm” Larkin nodded.

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