Gloria was willing to attend a new classmate’s birthday party because she felt her name, Jennie Gibson, sounded somehow familiar… … As if she had heard it before somewhere. But the 12-year-old girl could not recall exactly where she had seen her before. She just found a sense of intimacy with the girl. The moment she arrived home, she even told her mother, “Mom, a classmate invited me to her birthday party. Mommy, I want to take the effort to prepare a present for her.”Goldie was delighted when she heard this too. She did not have much time left. She could only survive until her daughter was 12 because of a concoction of medicine that cost her more than 10,000 dollars every month, maintaining her steady heartbeat. She counted her days as they passed. She hoped she could live to see her daughter graduate from high school. Six more years! No matter what, she had to survive for six more years!Goldie was delighted that her daughter now knew how to make friends and have fun with t
Because she did not harbor much hatred in her heart, similarly, she did not have much of an inferiority complex either. That was why she could tell Jennie honestly that she did not have a father. Jennie was very understanding of her friend’s situation. At that moment, the two girls were so close they could almost share the same pair of pants! Jennie said generously, “It’s okay, Gloria. Even though you don’t have a father to love you, my father loves me deeply. Not only does my father love me, my uncle and aunt love me a lot too. Coincidentally, they don’t have a daughter. Later, I’ll talk to my uncle and ask him to take you as his goddaughter. He’s a very nice person.”Right then, they turned around the corner. At that moment, Gloria saw the sprawling Shaw residence. The Shaw residence! What a coincidence! Gloria’s heart fell into the bottom of her chest. Right at that moment, Jennie laughed and said, “Actually Gloria, you know what? My uncle is from the Shaw family, and he
“Daddy…” Gloria called out to him bravely. Old Master Shaw said nothing. “…”Before he could react, Mrs. Shaw screamed out in shock, “Oh…you hussy! You little b*tch! So it’s you! I didn’t expect it to be you!”Gloria was stunned into silence. “…”She was so terrified she had no idea where to go to hide herself. She stood in her spot, stupefied. Mrs. Shaw’s sharp fingernails dug into her forehead. “You little b*tch! How… How did you get here! Your gold digger mother sent you here, didn’t she! Our Jennie is such an innocent girl, so how did you deceive her and convince her to let you in!”Old Master Shaw glared at Gloria angrily, his eyes opened wide in fury. “You…You’re so rude! How did you get in here! Who! Who let you into this house! " Gloria said, “Dad, it’s Gloria! I’m Gloria, and I’m your daughter. Didn’t you just compliment my skills on the piano?” She looked at her father bravely, tears swimming in her eyes. She missed her father so much."Dad…”"Go away!" A fifte
She almost broke her front teeth too.She did not know how she made her way home that night, but she knew she hated her mother. So, so, badly.“What’s wrong, my dear girl. What happened?” Goldie looked at her daughter, her heart aching.“How did you fall, your entire arm is bruised, and the skin has been scraped off too. Who hit you? Tell me, who hit you! I’ll go and fight her!”“Your man! The person I call my father! He hit me!” Gloria looked at her mother coldly. Goldie: “…”After a pause, Goldie suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood and fainted, falling to the floor in a heap.“Mommy! Mommy, what’s wrong, Mommy? I’m sorry, Mommy, I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to make you angry! I’m sorry, Mommy…”The 12-year-old little girl cried helplessly. She held her mother’s head tightly in her arms, and screamed toward the sky. “Please, someone, save my mother…”Back then, cell phones were unheard of. After sobbing for a few moments, the 12-year-old little girl knew her mother would n
Gloria stood in front of the entrance to the Shaw family residence. The two butlers stood at the door like dutiful guards, both of them staring at the fifteen to sixteen-year-old girl in front of them. “Who are you looking for!”“I need to see Mrs. Shaw.” Gloria bit her lip and spoke with humiliation. If it was up to her, she would never come and beg the Shaw family for help, but her mother was dying, so she had no choice. “Mrs. Shaw is not someone you can meet on a whim! Go away!” The butlers did not even bother taking another glance at Gloria. Even if she wanted to barge in, she could not. But if she went home, would she be faced with the same look of desperation in her mother’s eyes again?The sixteen-year-old Gloria had no choice but to squat at the entrance and wait. She thought that as long as she waited until nightfall, maybe the man who was at least biologically her father would come home. If not, then if she waited until the next morning, someone was bound to leave the h
She was afraid that it would be blood. She still had to take care of her mother. She had to stay alive. If she died, what would happen to her mother?The fifteen to sixteen-year-old child forced herself to swallow the mouthful of blood back down her throat. She bit her lip and said weakly, “My mother… My mother is dying. Before she dies, she wants to meet…Mrs. Shaw. My mother said…it’s about your daughter who passed away as a baby. She would like to see you.”Mrs. Shaw was stunned when she heard Gloria’s words. “What…what did you say?”“My mother would like to see you.” With that, Gloria sped away. If not, she would start coughing blood. She did not want to cough up blood in front of the Shaw family. She was afraid they would make fun of her and further take advantage of her weakness. That night, she did not return home because she did not want her mother to see her in this state, beaten up like this.That night, Gloria was in pain and freezing. Her chest was burning, as if it
When Goldie saw her daughter, she struggled to sit up. “Quick! Go to the Shaw family. They believed me. They believed me because I’m dying. Gloria, you have to remember, when you’re in the Shaw family residence, find a way to secretly get some of your brother’s hair, or even Mrs. Shaw’s hair.”Gloria sobbed as she asked her mother, “Why would I need their hair?”“In case they want to conduct a paternity test. You’re your father’s daughter, but you’re not Mrs. Shaw’s daughter. You can only join the Shaw family if you’re Mrs. Shaw’s daughter. Otherwise, they won’t acknowledge you.”“Mommy, I don’t want to join the Shaw family…”“Be a good girl, Gloria. Now, they won’t hate you anymore. They think you’re their dead daughter, so Mrs. Shaw won’t hate you anymore either.”Gloria cried and said to her mother, “Mommy, they won’t acknowledge us. We can never join the Shaw family because the man whom you call my father, all he did was provide you with one of his sperm! To them, we’ll always
Now that they had a foster child, the couple thought they could finally have someone to support them in the golden years of their lives, but unfortunately, the long arm of the law eventually caught up to them.After the couple was arrested by the police, Gloria turned into an orphan, in all senses of the word. She had no choice but to leave her job at the factory to avoid the Shaw family who were still searching for her. She was homeless. She did not dare to stay in a hotel, nor did she dare to rent a room. When she was at her poorest, she even slept under an overhead bridge. She met Lincoln Lynn when she was fighting off some bad guys. Back then, Lincoln was a white-collar worker at the small factory where Amelia used to work. At one glance, he immediately recognized her, saved her, and brought her home. Then, he even gave her a job. Just like this, another year passed. Naturally, Amelia and Lincoln started dating. Two years later, when she became 21 years old, Amelia marri