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

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

was one thing Erica felt most guilty about towards her

Erica was three, her mother suffered from severe depression and could no longer take

to the Shields family, while she went for treatment, only seeing her once a month. The incident happened a month before Erica’s mother passed

bullied Erica, calling

scared, so the lie just

of her was her ashes, no words left behind. Even now, whenever Erica thought about

when I was a kid, too.”

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

kid. “Larkin laughed, “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

The difference between him as a child and him as an adult

was chubby

teary eyes after getting his hands spanked made him

“It was too cold in the winter and I didn’t want to get up. So I lied that I was sick My teacher asked what was wrong with me, I said 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 also had to sweep

“That’s a heavy punishment?”

“Mhm” Larkin nodded.

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