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Chapter 572: A Peaceful Night
Chapter 572: A Peaceful Night
Max sent Laura back to her apartment and left without lingering.
Laura had a sound sleep that night.
Since she had fulfilled her childhood dream of spending the whole afternoon in an amusement park,
she dreamed of her childhood that night.
At that time, the Davies family just moved away from Eqitin, and her father was still alive. They were
living a happy life.
On one occasion, Laura heard from her classmate that her father had taken her to the amusement park
to ride on a merry-go-round, and Laura was green with envy.
When she went home, she badgered her father into taking her to the amusement park.
After the Davies family left Eqitin, they went to a city in the south and started a small business.
Since he was just getting started, her father was busy almost 24/7 all year around and had little free
time.
However, he still agreed to make his daughter happy.
He also promised that he would take her to travel abroad if she got full marks in the final exam.
Overjoyed, Laura worked very hard every day.
She was over the moon at the thought that her father would take her mother and her to travel abroad
and that the family was happy together.
However, something unexpected happened.
Laura never expected her father to die in a car accident on the day of her exam.
She would never forget the scene where she stood in the doorway of her house with her school report
with full marks in her hands.
Now the sweet home no longer existed, to be replaced by her mother wailing, neighbors who were
helping or looking on, and the icy and mangled body of her father’s.
Laura didn't remember what exactly she went through back then.
Her memory of that period of time was vague.
All she could remember was that her tears and the rain mixed together, clouding her eyes.
What she could remember was how she and her mother struggled to survive.
The perpetrator of the car accident did pay fair compensation, but it was used to make up for the
business losses caused by her father’s death.
Fannie had been a housewife and lived an easy life since she got married.
Now that the backbone of the family was gone, she had to support her family and afford the education
fees for Laura, who was only ten at that time, so she had no choice but to look for a job.
However, it was difficult for a woman, who hadn’t worked for a dozen years, to get a job at once.
Fannie was well-educated, but it had been too long since she had left the workplace, and now she was
good at being a good housewife, instead of dealing with all kinds of papers or report forms.
Therefore, she actually ended up being a nanny or sometimes a housekeeper.
Laura remembered very well her mother had aged badly during those days.
A woman, who had used to be stunning, aged gracelessly overnight in hardship
But Fannie made no complaint.
No matter how hard life was, she went back home late at night with candies, or new clothes of the
current season.
She always took Laura in her arms in bed, coaxing her gently.
She would say, "My baby, be a good girl. I’m working hard but it’s all right. I’d do anything to make you
happy."
Laura didn't understand why Fannie would stick to such a job at that time. As a little girl, she knew little
about this world.
One of the few things she was clear about was that her father was gone. No one would let her ride on
his shoulders, or lift her up, or make her laugh anymore.
Besides, life was not so good as before, even though Fannie tried so hard to offer the best to her.
The food she ate, nevertheless, got worse day by day, and so did her life.
But Laura was sensible. She could tell something was going on, but she never complained.
She didn't quite understand why Fannie worked so hard every day, but realized she had to be
understanding. Whenever her mother said no, she just put down the toy she had longed for obediently.
Until one day, a strange woman came to her school and called her out in class.
She told her that her mother fainted at work.
Fannie was rushed to hospital, and it turned out she suffered acute myocarditis.
Later, Laura found out her mother also had severe myocardial infarction besides that.
All this happened after her father’s death.
From then on, choked back all her tears and grief, Fannie always showed the positive side to Laura.
Fannie supported her family with her warm but weak body, letting Laura know she still had her mother
despite her father's death. Fannie told her she was no inferior to others, nor was she worse than any
other kid.
It was at that time that Laura burst into tears.
It was at that time that she began to fear for real.
She was afraid.
She was afraid that she would lose her mother after losing her father.
Therefore, Laura accepted Diego with pleasure when he appeared in their life, even if he was
pretending to be a kind and generous man at first.
Laura was aware that Fannie had worked so hard to support their family, and that her health couldn't
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Thus, Laura was happy to accept a stranger in her life.
As long as her mother was well and healthy, anything would be fine.
However, life didn't work that way.
Even adults failed to see through others’ disguises sometimes.
How could a child see through an adult’s evil intention?
After Fannie married Diego, it had been less than a year before their peaceful and happy lives ended
and Diego showed his true color.
He was an alcoholic who gambled and goofed around.
He didn't work, and made Fannie wait upon him like a maid when he got home.
Fortunately, he had inherited some properties and they scraped by on rental income.
Fannie sometimes worked as a home tutor. She wasn’t good at math, but was always good at English.
She would help kids in the neighborhood with their English to make some money.
The days passed gradually and they made it through.
Laura had thought that was the nadir of her life.
But unexpectedly, fate would always strike a heavy blow against one out of the blue.
Laura could never forget that night.
It was a stormy night when Diego stumbled into the house suddenly.