Chapter 1954

Before I turned seven, I lived in luxury and had never once set foot in the countryside. But here, there were only simple, tile-roofed houses. Life revolved around farming and fishing. People rose before dawn to work and rested as soon as the sun went down. At first, the villagers treated me with respect because I was a city girl. But that courtesy didn't last long. As time passed, their patience wore thin, and they started murmuring about when my family would finally take me back. Every year, the money my father sent to the village dwindled. Some years, he forgot to send anything at all. Ultimately, I had no choice but to roll up my sleeves and work to earn money. In the past life memories unlocked by Anthony's hypnosis, I spent every day desperately waiting for the Coleman family to take me back. But placing my hopes in others and waiting helplessly had only led to one outcome. I was eventually brought home, only to become Delilah's plaything. In the end, both my mother