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Tracy looked Walter straight in the eyes, smiling gently, with no sign that she was lying.
But Walter didn’t believe her. “Really? Then how do you exin those wounds on your body?”
He’d only seen bruises on Tracy’s arms and legs–those marks didn’t appear overnight. The nurse even mentioned that her whole body was covered in injuries.
Tracy forced a weak smile. “When I first got to that foreign country, I didn’t speak thenguage, so maybe I got picked on a bit. But after that, it stopped.”
Even though she sounded convincing, Walter had been through so much with Franklin in business–he wasn’t about to be fooled by a few soft words.
“Even if you were bullied, how did they leave you looking like this …”
Thinking about those deep bruises made Walter’s heart ache. “After you went abroad, how much allowance did they give you each month?”
Even <i>if </i><i>the </i><i>Jackmans </i><i>were </i><i>cruel</i><i>, </i><i>sending </i><i>Tracy </i><i>overseas </i><i>and </i><i>then </i><i>ignoring </i><i>her</i><i>, </i><i>they should </i>have at least <i>given </i><i>her </i><i>some </i><i>money</i><i>! </i>
<i>If </i>she had <i>cash</i><i>, </i><i>she </i><i>wouldn’t </i><i>have </i><i>been </i><i>bullied </i><i>so </i><i>badly</i>.
Talking about this made Tracy’s h
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ache as well, and she shivered without
A year after Erin came back to the Jackmans, Tracy never got any allowance again.
They said she was living too well and had time to pick on Erin, so they gave all her money to Erin instead, iming it was what she owed Erin.
Later, Tracy barely kept herself afloat by selling some old luxury items.
Then they sent her to the Angelic Etiquette Academy.
There, money still mattered.
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You could buy a hot dog with a thousand bucks. If you had enough cash, maybe you’d avoid bing “stray dogs.”
But she had no money.
The Jackmans had frozen all her essible funds long ago, and when they sent her to the Angelic Etiquette Academy, they took all her belongings.
For Tracy, who once spent six figures on a casual shopping trip, she couldn’t help but feel wronged.
Still, she knew it didn’t matter what she felt–she had no right toin
anymore.
Tracy smiled up at Walter. “I’m really okay now. It’s all in the past. I’m doing fine now, aren’t I?”
Though she smiled, Walter still felt pain looking at her pale little face.
Tracy tried to sound casual. “Does Grandpa know about these wounds on me?”
She wasn’t afraid of the suffering she’d gone through at the Angelic Etiquette Academy, nor of the Jackmans misunderstanding her or causing trouble.
The only thing she feared was Franklin knowing what she went through these past two years.
Walter knew exactly what she meant, and that ache in his chest only deepened.
This silly kid<i>… </i>
She’s suddenly grown so <i>mature</i><i>–</i><i>she </i><i>must </i><i>have </i><i>been </i><i>through </i><i>a </i><i>lot </i><i>these </i>past two years.
Walter gently patted Tracy’s shoulder. “If you don’t want him to know, then don’t.”
After <i>all</i><i>, </i>those <i>memories </i>weren’t good <i>ones</i>. Let them <i>stay </i><i>in </i><i>the </i>past, and from now <i>on</i><i>, </i>we’ll protect <i>this </i><i>child</i><i>. </i>
Walterforted her softly, “Don’t worry, Mr. Franklin doesn’t know about any
this.”
Seeing Tracy’s wounds made Walter so sad that he almost cried.
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You could buy a hot dog with a thousand bucks. If you had enough cash, maybe you’d avoid bing “stray dogs.”
But she had no money.
The Jackmans had frozen all her essible funds long ago, and when they sent her to the Angelic Etiquette Academy, they took all her belongings.
For Tracy, who once spent six figures on a casual shopping trip, she couldn’t help but feel wronged.
Still, she knew it didn’t matter what she felt–she had no right toin
anymore.
Tracy smiled up at Walter. “I’m really okay now. It’s all in the past. I’m doing fine now, aren’t <i>I</i>?”
Though she smiled, Walter still felt pain looking at her pale little face.
Tracy tried to sound casual. “Does Grandpa know about these wounds on me?”
She wasn’t afraid of the suffering she’d gone through at the Angelic Etiquette Academy, nor of the Jackmans misunderstanding her or causing trouble.
The only thing she feared was Franklin knowing what she went through these past two years.
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Walter knew exactly what she meant, and that ache in his chest only deepened.
This silly kid<i>… </i>
She’s suddenly grown so <i>mature</i><i>–</i><i>she </i><i>must </i><i>have </i><i>been </i><i>through </i><i>a </i><i>lot </i><i>these </i>past two years.
Walter gently patted Tracy’s shoulder. “If you don’t want him to know, then don’t.”
<i>After </i><i>all</i><i>, </i>those <i>memories </i>weren’t good <i>ones</i>. Let them <i>stay </i><i>in </i>the past, and <i>from </i>now on, we’ll
protect <i>this </i><i>child</i><i>. </i>
Walterforted her softly, “Don’t worry. Mr. Franklin doesn’t know about any
this.”
Seeing Tracy’s wounds made Walter so sad that he almost cried.
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<i>If </i><i>Mr. </i>Franklin knew, <i>he’d </i><i>be </i><i>crushed</i>. <i>His </i><i>health </i><i>is </i><i>fragile </i><i>now</i>; <i>he </i><i>can’t </i><i>handle </i><i>big </i><i>emotional </i><i>shocks</i>.
Tracy finally let out a breath of relief.
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She reached out and lightly tugged on Walter’s shirt. “Can you keep a secret for me?”
This was something Tracy had done many times as a kid, but back then, it was always because she was hurt, clinging to his shirt corner, pouting andining.
This time, she was asking him to keep her pain hidden.
Walter’s nose tingled. He quickly turned away to wipe his tears.
“Okay, I promise.”
Tracy pretended not to hear the catch in his voice.
She ate a little and, after finishing herst medicine bottle, nned to visit Franklin.
Walter had told her about Franklin fainting from anger. She wouldn’t feel at ease until she saw him herself.
Tracy’s room wasn’t far from Franklin’s–both were on the same floor.
But as she stepped out of her room, she didn’t expect to run into Liam.
Liam didn’t <i>expect </i>it either. After a brief surprise, his anger red. “Where do you think you’re going? nning to cause trouble for Erin again?”
Tracy instinctively stepped back, eyes wary.
Liam was impulsive; when angry, he often picked fights. Tracy had cleaned up after him plenty of times.
Seeing her scared reaction, Liam’s anger suddenly caught in his throat.
“What’s with that reaction?” His face darkened. “Are you trying to put up a show and frame me again?“”
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<i>If </i><i>an </i><i>outsider </i><i>saw </i><i>this</i>, <i>they’d </i><i>think </i><i>I </i><i>was </i><i>bullying </i><i>her </i><i>again</i>.
Liam nced around quickly but saw no one.
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He sighed in relief, then looked at Tracy with a mocking smirk, like he could see right through her. “You yed a damsel in distress in front of Grandpa, and he beat me up. Happy now?”