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She knew Savannah would die today, but upon learning the exact time, she couldn’t help but recall what she had been doing with Lina at that moment.
“This was bound to happen sooner or later. No matter what, you have to try to accept it, whether it’s Lina or you.”
The man’s deep voice once again echoed in her ears.
Romina’s thoughts were interrupted. She turned her head to look beside her, meeting the man’s captivating phoenix eyes.
“I’m actually fine. It’s mainly the child who’s not doing well.”
“Is that so?” Joaquin asked expressionlessly. “But why do I feel like you’re not doing well either?”
As their eyes met, her lashes trembled even more violently.
After a moment’s pause, she replied softly, “Maybe it’s just that I just got out of prison, and then suddenly had to go back. It’s hard not to recall some memories from the past.”
“Once, when I went to visit Savannah, I passed by the iron bars and saw a female inmate being beaten. Several other prisoners were surrounding her, kicking and punching. That woman’s figure looked quite similar to yours.”
After the man’s voice fell, Romina instinctively lowered her eyelids.
The scene from that day surfaced in her mind.
That person was indeed her.
At the time, through the gap in her arm, she saw this man slowly walking past.
It was precisely because she saw him that the blows from the other inmates seemed to lessen a bit.
Because at that moment, all her attention was focused on this man.
“Do you think that person could have been you?”
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Joaquin suddenly leaned in a little closer, his voice tinged with a hint of probing.
A visible mess of anxiety and nervousness appeared on Romina’s face.
But it flashed by in an instant, and she quickly concealed her emotions.
She curled her lips into a faint smile. “It was probably someone else! I rarely got into conflicts with them in prison…”
“But I’ve heard that in a place like prison, even if you don’t provoke others, they’ll still come after you.” Joaquin lowered his gaze to look into her eyes and asked seriously, “Ms. Sandoval looks so delicate and frail–how could you possibly keep to yourself?”
“I may look weak, but in reality, I’m not someone who’s easy to bully.”
Her voice was firm, her gaze intense.
Joaquin instinctively reached out and grabbed her wrist, then lifted it up.
The pads of the man’s fingers gently touched the scar on her wrist.
His captivating eyes fixed on her scar, his tone carrying a hint of complexity. “I noticed this scar on you last time. I’ve always wanted to ask–how did you get it?”
Following his gaze, Romina instinctively lowered her eyes.
When she saw the scar on her wrist, she instinctively wanted to pull her hand back.
That scar was caused by a scald from boiling water.
The skin was almost torn open on the spot.
For a long time afterward, she would often dream at night of being scalded by boiling water.
Every time she woke up in fright, her forehead would be covered in a fine sheen of sweat.
That kind of unbearable pain was something she never wanted to experience again in her life.
“It’s all in the past. I don’t want to talk about it anymore. I’m not someone who likes to dwell on the past–I only focus on the present and the future,”
She struggled hard, trying to pull her hand out of his grasp.
But the man only tightened his grip, giving her no chance to escape.
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“Mr. Bowman…”
She hadn’t even finished her sentence before the man in front of her interrupted, “After going through so much, you must have suffered a lot in there. How did you manage to endure it?”
“When hatred accumulates to a certain point, you naturally find the strength to endure.”
She looked up into his eyes and spoke each word with deliberate clarity.
As their eyes met, the man’s expression grew especially complicated.
He lowered his voice a little and asked softly, “What really happened back then? Why did they send you to prison?”
Talking about the past, some painful memories attacked her once again, making her extremely uncomfortable.
Joaquin could clearly sense the pressure around her dropping rapidly.
“If you’re that curious, why don’t you investigate it yourself!”
“I know that’s not the truth.”
The man’s voice was very deep, even lower than before.
As soon as he said this, Romina quickly looked up at him in disbelief.
But the man let go of her hand, leaned back in his chair, and looked straight ahead.
After a moment’s thought, he spoke again, “I know you might have been wronged. Just like with the wellness clinic incident this time–you were framed, weren’t you?”
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