When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Ann was badly beaten and left to die in the cowshed. After that, that woman pretended as if nothing untoward had happened as she bragged with the onlookers about how good she was in disciplining her daughter.

Her other children kept their heads down, their bodies shivering in fear. They were badly frightened to see their mother hitting their eldest sister with that iron rod. As for Amy, the little girl was sobbing, yet she dared not utter a single word.

After dismissing the crowd, that woman invited us, “My husband asked me to prepare food for you. You should join us for lunch. Today is that little bi*ch’s big day, and we will be inviting the village folks to the house. Why don’t you guys stay for dinner before leaving?”

I was still in a state of shock while Boris uttered a response, accepting the invitation. Seeing Amy holding my hand, the woman smiled broadly. “Ms. Stovall, it looks like Amy gets along pretty well with you. That’s great!”

I forced a smile in response. At the same time, my heart was overwhelmed with mixed emotions.

I had no idea if that woman knew Amy was going to become my daughter’s organ donor. Does she know how painful it is to donate bone barrow? Has she ever thought of how helpless her daughter will feel on the operating table? Does she even care about what her daughter will be facing?

Or, perhaps she doesn’t care at all. All she cares about is the money she can get from “selling” her daughter.

reply message from Ashton since last night. That afternoon, Brandon had

floor and carried the small table and chairs out of the house. Since the table couldn’t fit all of them, she asked the

in my ears, “Ms. Stovall, Ann asked if you could bring her

all, I was not a local. I couldn’t possibly take Ann away with me. Even if she sneaked out with me, I

to find Ann. Although I knew the sisters

a baby. I couldn’t afford to put myself and the baby in danger. If I

the pillion was a tall teenager with tanned

have seen it wrongly, or I’m just overthinking. I furrowed my brows and shook the

get off the motorbike. His wife rushed up to the teenager and carried him on her back as if she had done it a million times. “Oh, my baby boy, what did the doctor

doctor said he will recover. Carry him into the house and take good care of