From Ruin She Rose novel Chapter 279

Chapter 279

Chapter 279

Emily didn’t care about holding Lydia accountable anymore. She rushed over and blurted out, “Doctor, Grandpa Charles-

Suddenly, she didn’t dare to finish her question. Her heart felt like it was dangling over a blade. But just because she didn’t ask didn’t mean the doctor wouldn’t speak up.

Looking at the pale girl with a bandage wrapped around her head and such a timid, careful look in her eyes, the doctor sighed, “I’m sorry. We did everything we could.”

In that instant, the last thread holding Emily together snapped, and it felt like something exploded in her mind. Darkness closed in from all sides, engulfing her completely.

Just before she lost consciousness, she heard Austin’s panicked voice calling out, “Emily,”—and then the world went silent.

Emily felt herself sinking into darkness. It was the darkness that seemed to stretch on forever, with no end in sight. Suddenly, she remembered when she first arrived at St. Gabriel Reform Academy.

She’d been pampered her whole life, and when Lydia came back, Emily thought that being ignored and hated by the Bennett Family were the most miserable days of her life. It felt like the world was falling.

But later, Emily realized that being trampled on like a stray dog was even more painful.

For the students at St. Gabriel Reform Academy, going hungry and being ignored were actually the most bearable treatment hey could hope for.

Beatings, insults, threats, and intimidation formed the real darkness of life.

Emily thought she was going to die more than once. Whenever she reached her breaking point, it felt like death was the only way out.

But every time she felt that way, she’d remember Charles and how he still treasured her just like before, even when everyone else had turned their backs on her.

Charles always told her, “Emily, don’t be sad. No matter how others change, you’ll always have me.

‘No matter what happens, I’ll always be right behind you, waiting for you, protecting you. I’ll always be your last resort and

your support.

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