His handsome features were tinged with a cold frost. Now that he was clear-headed, hecked the courage to even face the things he had done in the past.


    He looked down at his paralyzed legs. Natalie had tried to warn him, but he hadn''t listened.


    He had believed that malicious woman, Joanna. Even when he heard the truth, he refused to believe that Joanna would harm him.


    Now, Jared''s whereabouts were unknown.


    Colin was working as Joanna''s driver.


    Benson was stubborn, his personality just like Nathan''s.


    When their parents divorced, he had thought it was his mother''s fault.


    If he hadn''t been abroad, dyed by the recent snowstorms, he would have already returned to cause a scene.


    He suddenly understood how important one''s environment was. No wonder their grandfather rarely wanted to see them.


    They were all good-for-nothings, and their grandfather was disappointed in them.


    The importance of one''s upbringing was something he now felt deeply. His father had only ever wanted to raise them to be useless, instilling in them a truly terrifying mindset.


    The caregiver behind him, Zack, noticed Jerome''s despair and advised, "Jerome, let''s find a hotel nearby and settle in for now. If you want to see your child, you''ll find a way."


    "What you need to do now is focus on getting back on your feet. It''s not the end of the world to take a wrong turn in life. As long as you''re willing to stand up again, it''s not toote. You''re still young."


    Jerome''s distant gaze wavered. He looked at Zack, his voice remote. "Zack, I once tried to hire someone to ruin my own sister, all for an adopted stepsister. Am I a terrible person?"


    Zack frowned, his face full of disgust. "Terrible? Of course, you were. That''s the most horrible, vicious thing I''ve ever heard. You''re so impulsive. Do you have any idea how difficult a woman''s life is? You ruin someone with a few words."


    "Who gave you the right? Who gave you the right to destroy a girl like that? You get your satisfaction, you feel better, but what about the girl you destroyed? What''s the worst that could happen? Suicide?"


    Zack''s voice grew agitated. "My own daughter was bullied and then took her own life: They still haven''t found the one responsible. You do things just for your own amusement, and how you regret it? What good does that do? Do you think the person you hurt will forgive you? They won''t."


    "They won''t. Was your sister that beautiful girl who was in there just now?" Zack asked.


    Jerome nodded. “Yes, that was her. My sister is beautiful, just like my mother."


    Zack nodded, his tone somber. “Yes. From her appearance, she seems like a fine person, and a fortunate one at that. She will never forgive you. But you still need to pull yourself together and live a good life."


    "Ever since my daughter died, my wife and I have been in constant pain. We have another, younger daughter, but the pain of losing our first willst a lifetime."


    "But life has to go on. I''m not a


    capable man, so I couldn''t give my daughter a better life. That''s why she was bullied at school. Sometimes, when parents aren''t sessful, it hurts the children too. My daughter was verbally abused by her ssmates because we weren''t well-off. They bullied her behind our backs, hitting and cursing her. In the end, she couldn''t take it anymore and jumped from a building."


    "We didn''t know much about what was happening to her. She was always so well-behaved at home. When we asked her about school, she would just say everything was fine. How could such a good girlmit suicide? To this day, I still can''t understand it."