Chapter 323 The Past That Wouldn''t Let Go


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    "It''s all my fault," the woman sobbed. "I didn''t protect you. That''s why the bad people took you away."


    Nancy''s tears wouldn''t stop. Her little hands clutched the woman''s clothes, trembling. "I don''t know you! Let me go! I want my daddy, I want my grandmalTM


    Pain clouded the woman''s eyes. "No, you''re my daughter. Let''s go home, okay? We''ll be together forever."


    As she held Nancy tighter, struggling to keep hold of her, Felix arrived at the preschool.


    From a distance, he saw his daughter being held in a stranger''s arms, her face pale, screaming and crying in terror-and his heart clenched painfully,


    His eyes filled with fury. Without a word, he charged forward, grabbed the woman''s arm, and twisted it hard.


    She let out a blood-curdling scream as her bnce gave out.


    Felix effortlessly pulled Nancy into his arms. Then, without hesitation, he kicked the crazeman across the pavement.


    Nancy threw her arms around his neck and cried even harder. "Daddy. I''m scared!"


    "It''s okay, baby. You''re safe now. It''s all my fault. I got here toote." Felix gently rubbed her back, trying to


    calm her down.


    Nancy loosened her grip and looked up at him. Her tear-streaked face was full of sadness, but her gaze held something firm. "You''re the best daddy ever. The best in the whole world."


    Felix''s heart softened. He pressed a kiss to her forehead "I promise-I''ll never bete again."


    "Okay." Nancy buried her face in Felix''s chest, still sniffing softly.


    His heart ached with every sob. He''d protected this little girl like a treasure for the past two years, and she''d never once cried like this. But today, a madwoman had terrified her to the point of sobbing.


    He turned and looked at the woman sprawled on the ground. When he got a clear look at her face, his expression froze.


    It was Lauren''s mother-Alice.


    Alice scrambled to reach toward the child in his arms. "Lauren.... my Lauren...


    Felix''s mouth twisted into a cold sneer. Love thates toote isn''t worth a thing.


    Back when Lauren was being tormented by the Bets-humiliated again and again-Alice never once stepped in to protect her.


    Now, with Lauren long gone, she suddenly showed up, mistaking Nancy for her dead daughter. This so-called motherly love, arriving sote, was disgusting-


    "Someone take her back to the psychiatric hospital. I don''t ever want to see her again."


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    "No! I won''t go back! I want my daughter! I just want n Lauren!" Alice shricked, snot and tears running down her face.


    Her eyes locked on Nancy. "Lauren,e home with e, please? Mommy misses


    you so much. I miss you more than anything."


    Nancy trembled in Felix''s arms, burying her face deeper into his chest.


    Felix carried her to the car and got in.


    "Don''t go! Give me back my daughter!" Alice thrashed wildly as the car pulled away.


    Terror filled her eyes. "Don''t take my daughter away! She''s mine!"


    Gael scoffed coldly. "Your daughter died two years ago.


    "No! That''s a lie! You''re lying! My daughter can''t be dead! She''s alive, she has to be. She''s going to live a long, happy life!"


    Alice''s whole body shook. Her mind unraveled. She kept whispering Lauren''s name over and over, clinging to a reality that no longer existed.


    It was a pitiful sight-disheveled, lost in grief. But Gael felt no sympathy as he


    forced her back to the psychiatric hospital.


    "Mr. Felix said to make sure she never gets out again.


    The director nodded quickly. "Don''t worry. We''ll keep her locked in for good."


    After Gael left, Alice was shackled with chains. For the rest of her life, they were never taken off.


    She spent her remaining days bound in regret and grief haunted by the name she could never let go of


    Lauren.


    Ten yearster.


    Fourteen-year-old Nancy was now a bright, confident high schooler.


    At just fourteen, she already stood nearly five-foot-sever


    Unlike Lauren, who had returned to the Bet family small and frail despite having tall parents, Nancy had clearly taken after the Brooker side-tall, strong, radiant.


    The tragedies that had once scarred Lauren never touched Nancy.


    She was the beloved jewel of the Brooker family. And even though she grew up


    without a mother, she nevercked love for a single moment.


    People always said I was cold and distant, hard to get close to.


    But what they didn''t know was-before I turned five, I used to be cheerful,


    talkative, alwaysughing....


    The Heiress Revived from the Ashes.