After getting home, Ashley immediately went back to her room, took a change of clothes, and took a bath.
Before she took off her clothes, she suddenly remembered the skirt that was stained with blood and ran out quickly.
Ashley walked around the living room and the porch, but she couldn’t catch the bag’s set.
She glanced at Liam's door, which was open.
But there was movement in the kitchen, and he could be heard messing around and crackling.
‘Didn't you just get back from eating?’
Ashley silently said "big foodie" and then went to his room.
She saw the position of the bag on the edge of the desk at a glance.
She took the bag back to the bathroom, took a basin, and threw all the dirty clothes in.
This was the first time that Ashley had washed clothes by herself.
She squeezed the detergent and rubbed her hands against the marks, moving clumsily and slowly.
By the time Ashley came out of the bathroo
"…” Ashley stared at him for a while without saying a word, as if she felt aggrieved and held back for a long time to say, "No wonder you have no customers." Jacob "Mm-hmm." Ashley pushed the money in front of him, obviously did not want to give any more money, the little face was extremely serious, and the two words "gangster inn" appeared sonorously. Jacob thought it was funny and said, "Charging you an extra dollar is a gangster inn?" Ashley kept a poker face. "I'm not peeking at you." "All right." Jacob picked up the money on the table. "Brother is talking nonsense." Ashley looked at him, said nothing more, and wanted to return to her position. Before she had taken two steps, Jacob stopped her again, "Wait a minute." Ashley turned back, "What?" "Come here." Ashley looked suspicious and didn't want to go over. But he stood there quietly looking at her as if he was certain that she woul
Not knowing if his voice was too loud, or because what he said was too unacceptable, Ashley obviously looked shocked and stood still. The footsteps of the two stopped at the same time. The silence made the atmosphere awkward. Ethan stared at her eyes and gradually dodged, and his ears became blushed. He touched his head, pretended to be calm, and asked, "Why don't you talk?" Ashley didn’t respond, a little at a loss. It was not that she hadn't been confessed, but she usually got love letters or text messages. This was the first time to have a face-to-face confession, not to mention such a high profile. "Ah." Ashley directly assumed that this hypothesis was true, she suddenly became curious, "Do you remember when you knocked out one of my teeth?" "…" Ethan extremely regretted this, but he did do it, and now he could only defend himself in a far-fetched way, "It happened many years ago. Didn't I break my f
It can't be less than 1.2 meters tall. Ashley picked out the keywords. Less than 1.2 meters. Ashley was completely attracted by the words and did not notice what Liam said to the person next to him, let alone what the man lying on his stomach looked like. At this time, the sun was shining, it was shady but not cool under the tent. Her face was slightly flushed by the sunshine and she felt so irritable that she could not stand her brother’s sarcasm. "I’m more than 1.2 meters." Although Ashley felt that she didn't need to prove this, she couldn't help arguing, "I'm 1.55 meters tall, ok?" "Wow, this classmate is 1.55 meters tall, but you look…" Liam casually turned over the list. "Quite short." "…” "Well, you'll have to say it in advance. Otherwise, it is easy to misunderstand. " "…” ‘Does she have to say "I'm 1.55 meters tall" when she sees everyone? It's like showing off.’ "See for
Liam was a little out of breath, and his neck flushed slightly. Hearing this, the corner of his mouth twitched. As if he were choking, he coughed violently. "Ah," Mr. Smith didn't react. He looked at Liam's face, and his expression became complicated. "Ashley, you said this is your father." Ashley was scared to death and made up a lot of images of being abused by everyone after being debunked, which was like the end of the world to her. She was not strong enough to speak anymore but nodded. Staring at Ashley's expression, Jacob suddenly bowed his head and laughed loudly. The little girl's eyes were round and big, covered with wet tears, red all around her eyes, and her cheeks were smudged, looking awkward and pitiful. Her appearance blocked what Mr. Smith wanted to say. ‘The person who was described as "father" by Ashley stood with "Ashley's elder brother". They were obviously of the same age and wore the same volunteer costume.
After the ice compress, the wounds on the hands and knees were treated, and the pain was relieved a lot. Ashley's mood was not so bad anymore. She has been taken care of in this way since she was a child, so there was nothing wrong with her except that she felt a little close to him. Ashley looked at him and murmured, "I didn't ask you to do anything." ‘Just rub the ointment and wipe my face. It's not like it's hard for him.’ "I suddenly have a sister, and your biological brother has run away." Jacob raised his eyelids and stood up straight. "Kiddo, do the math for yourself, how much brother has helped you?" Ashley paused for a moment and could not help saying, "Then I can help you." As if Jacob thought this was interesting, he sat down next to her, turned his head, and smiled, "Well, what are you going to do for me?" “Just,” only one word came out, then Ashley stopped because she had no idea what she could do t
Ashley didn’t expect that, so she didn’t say anything. She looked up at the clock hanging on the wall. It was just after 4:30. There was still an hour to go before 5:30. There were uncontrolled little expectations fermenting in the heart, mixed with a few inexplicable nervousnesses. But soon, thinking of what she had promised to Bella, all her emotions were left out one by one. Ashley was a little unable to say it, but she felt that it was not good to go back on her promise. She looked in the direction of Bella and looked extremely hesitant. Unable to wait for her response, Liam asked again, "Do you hear me?" “ Ah,” Ashley spoke slowly as if she didn't hear clearly. Liam repeated reluctantly, "I said, Jacob, will pick you up later, around 5:30. He should call you then, so you can do your homework in your classroom first. " Ashley, “5:30.” Liam, "Mm-hmm. Remember, don't get anyone into trouble. "
It was getting dark. One side of the street lamp has not yet been lit, which made the eye color of Jacob even deeper. He looked steadily at Ashley, his lips slightly straightened without moving. She was unable to see how his mood was. Such a quiet, like the calm before the storm. Ashley added nervously and anxiously, "My parents never hit me." His eyelids moved and suddenly noticed a particularly conspicuous mark on Ashley's clean school uniform. Located next to the neckline, it was obviously burned out by cigarettes. Jacob looked at her and thought he was wrong, so he slowly drew closer. But Ashley thought he was really going to teach her a lesson, clenched her lips, looked afraid, and resigned to flatten her hidden hands behind her and put them timidly in front of him. Jacob's Adam's apple rolled down and pointed to her collar. "How did you get it?" Ashley was stunned and looked in the direction he pointed out.
It was early five o'clock in the afternoon, and although the sun was not as violent as noon, it was still dazzling. The smell outside the alley was not very good, John did not let Ashley stand there with him foolishly. He looked around and took her to a small stall nearby and bought two bunches of rock candy strawberries. Two people found a shade, each one holding a bunch. Afraid of Ashley's embarrassment, John took the initiative to chat with her, "It's a bit of a mess around here. Don't come here if you have nothing to do, okay?" Ashley obediently said, "Got it.” “Mike was supposed to come over." John said, "Do you remember, that big guy? But he didn't come because he had something to do today. " Ashley didn't like to eat the candy wrappers on it and tore it off little by little. "Yeah. During the summer vacation, my brother took me to have dinner with him. " John, "Ah, maybe I had already gone home at that time, so I