Chapter 91

For example, the first year that Hesper went to live with the Lanes, her identity was scrutinized. The cousin even swore by her life that she would one day kick her out of the family. The threat was averted only because Matthew handled it. Hesper was locked in the walk-in freezer for three hours and almost froze to death. When she was let out, she was freezing from head to toe and she had lost sensation in her extremities. She fell very sick and was admitted to the hospital for two months before she recovered. Arthur Lane flew into a furious rage and punished a lot of people, and that was how Hesper started having a place there. Everything that happened after that was all because of how hard she studied the information that was provided to her. “Mr. Duval… Mrs. Duval had it tough in the past few years.” Rickard curled his fingers hard around the documents. He could imagine what happened based on what was written. All of this happened because she was kicked out of the Duval