"Don't forget your parents' graves are on our land. If you don't want them to rest in peace, you better remember what you should and shouldn't say."
Over the past three years, they had used my parents' remains to threaten me countless times.
Thomas had worked for the Phillips family for many years and had watched me grow up.
When he saw me, his eyes instantly filled with tears.
"Miss, how did you end up like this?" he asked, his voice trembling.
Although I was an orphan, I was adopted by the Phillips family and pampered for over a decade.
I had the best of everything.
But now, my face was sallow, my eyes were dull, and I was wearing ill-fitting old clothes. I was so thin that a gust of wind could blow me away.
My right leg was also crippled.
"Miss, what kind of suffering have you endured these past three years? Mr. Phillips shouldn't have been so heartless back then," Thomas said, choking up.
"You were such a good child... It's such a sin.
"It was just because you liked someone..."
Yes, it was just because I liked someone.
How could that be so unforgivable?
The car arrived at the Phillips residence.
Looking at the large villa in front of me, I felt an unreal sense of having escaped from hell.