Standing in front of her, I took a deep breath before looking directly into her eyes: “I don’t plan to go abroad.”
Even if just for Uma’s sake, I won’t take her on such a tiring journey again.
Melissa laughed lightly.
With no one else around, her gaze finally showed undisguised contempt.
“Yara, I know you’re very short on money now. What if I could give you a
sum of money, would you be willing to go abroad?”
I was silent for a moment.
The fact that I was short on money was already common knowledge.
Melissa and Orion knew I had a hard time abroad, so when threatening me,
they were also very clear about my weakness.
But I refused.
Melissa seemed a bit surprised.
That night, Melissa and I parted on bad terms.
For the next few days, I was busy looking for work, but I would be rejected after the first round of interviews every time.
It wasn’t until a young interviewer hesitantly told me that this was Ms. Cheng’s order that I realized Melissa didn’t even want me to find a job.
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Melissa seemed a bit surprised.
That night, Melissa and I parted on bad terms.
For the next few days, I was busy looking for work, but I would be rejected after the first round of interviews every time.
It wasn’t until a young interviewer hesitantly told me that this was Ms. Cheng’s order that I realized Melissa didn’t even want me to find a job.
Melissa was determined to make me go abroad again.
After being stunned for a long time, I thanked the interviewer who told me
the truth.
Just as I left the interview company, I received a text message from the hospital.
Last night, I had made an appointment at the hospital, wanting to get some antidepressants.
During the consultation, the doctor told me that my recent condition was very poor and I should consider doing more psychological counseling
sessions.
Back when I was abroad, doctors had given me similar advice.
It seemed my depression had indeed become very serious.
As I was leaving the clinic looking at the prescription instructions, I accidentally bumped into someone while passing a corner.
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burning smell got stronger, I finally realized something was wrong.
Suddenly rolling out of bed, I stood by the window and saw thick smoke
rising into the sky.
This building was on fire.
Countless memories flooded back, and I couldn’t think of anything else. I
suddenly grabbed Uma from the bed.
Uma rubbed her eyes groggily: “Mom, what’s wrong?”
Realizing there was a fire around us, Uma clutched my sleeve tightly:
“Mom?”
Probably out of fear, my hands were shaking as I held Uma.
After stumbling to open the front door, I carried Uma down the fire escape.
Along the way, I fell three or four times, my knees black and blue, but after
getting up, I couldn’t care about the pain at all.
When I rushed out of the building entrance, I saw that a large crowd of people had already gathered outside.
The fire department had arrived.
The scene before me overlapped with past memories.
I held Uma, leaning against a tree across from the building like I had no strength left, feeling dizzy.
Uma anxiously asked me: “Mom, are we going to die?”
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Uma anxiously asked me: “Mom, are we going to die?”
I came back to my senses and held her tighter: “No, we won’t.”
As long as Uma was by my side, I would never let anything happen to her.
Because –
Uma’s birth mother had already died saving me.
In my second year abroad, Orion finally loosened his control over me a bit.
I met a mentor, Sarah.
She was a university psychology counselor, and I went to her when I was most depressed.
After telling her about my feelings for my uncle, I thought Sarah would think I was dirty too.
After all, that’s how everyone else judged me.
But she didn’t.
She encouraged me to move on from the past and did experiments with
- me.
She showed me many photos of Uma when Uma was just born. Sarah had just divorced then, but without a doubt, she loved Uma.
This period was when I was closest to recovering from depression.
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