Chapter 1059

Some people never condemned the assailant but instead found fault with the victim. Others, even knowing someone was victimized, would interpret their suffering through their dirty lenses and mock them. "Wasn't she assaulted? Why wasn't the man arrested?" "There are always men visiting her house. Are her parents using her for something shady?" "She's so young, yet so filthy." "How much is she paid for one night?" Such words along with empathetic or insinuating gazes directed at Janel would almost pull her into the abyss on multiple occasions. She'd escaped from the darkness with much difficulty, and she refused to go back. She knew her parents had their eyes on the 200-thousand-dollar wedding gift offered, and she struck a deal with them. She promised to give them 200 thousand dollars in three months, and they were to stop forcing her to marry or threaten her with that past incident in return. Her parents agreed. "They promised…" There was more than half a month to their agr