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Marilyn couldn’t stand it anymore; she quickly stepped forward and forcefully pushed Kenneth away, Unprepared, Kenneth collapsed onto the cold ground.
Marilyn tenderly lifted Lauren’s hand, noticing her palm was already red and slightly swollen, which fueled her anger as she glared at Kenneth with utter disgust.
“If you really feel sorry and want to atone, then stop appearing in front of Miss Lauren. You know she hates you, yet you persist in this obsessive way; you’re just making it harder for us!”
Marilyn spread Lauren’s swollen palm open and questioned, “Are you really punishing yourself, or are you torturing Ms. Bennett?”
Kenneth’s gaze fell on Lauren’s palm, feeling a heart–wrenching pain spreading from the depths of his heart. He was so pained that he couldn’t speak, just shaking his head continuously.
His eyes, filled with pleading and regret, sought Lauren’s gaze, but she wouldn’t even look at him.
Kenneth felt a suffocating pressure in his chest, so intense that he couldn’t even utter an apology.
Marilyn saw Kenneth’s desolate state and thought him insincere. What was he doing before? Now putting on a show of depth for whom?
Since her release, Lauren had more than once proven her innocence in front of Kenneth, yet he never believed her, always favoring Willow instead.
His so–called love was disgustingly cheap.
Marilyn shot Kenneth a cold glance, then walked past him with Lauren.
Kenneth desperately reached out, trying to grab Lauren, but his hand grasped only air.
He wanted to follow and atone, but the pain in his stomach was overwhelming, and his chest felt as though
it had been stabbed.
“Thud.”
His body hit the ground heavily, his eyes filled with remorse, yet they remained fixed on Lauren’s receding figure.
“Laurie-”
Lauren never looked back, leaving Kenneth to wallow in his disgrace.
Outside the hospital, Lauren walked towards the bus stop in a daze, accompanied by Marilyn.
However, before they reached the bus stop, Lauren’s attention was caught by a garbage can nearby.
There, a man who had lost both legs was struggling to search through the trash. He finally found a moldy bun and devoured it eagerly. His body was filthy, and his matted hair was tangled from lack of washing.
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Some people are born with a silver spoon, enjoying wealth and luxury; others face hardships from the start.
The man’s skin showed he was not old, but losing his legs at such a young age meant losing the ability to live a normal life, forced to rely on dumpster diving to fill his stomach.
It was autumn, and the weather wasn’t too cold yet.
But in winter, it would be much harder for him. Looking at him, Lauren couldn’t help but think of herself.
She scoffed at herself internally; her life was a mess, and yet she still felt sympathy for others.
But it was precisely because she had struggled through dark times and endured hardships that she could empathize with others‘ pain and wanted to offer a helping hand.
Lauren turned and entered a nearby convenience store, bought some bread and water, and then approached the man.
“Expired bread can make you sick; here, have this instead,” she said gently.
Lauren handed the bag to the man, which contained not only bread and water but also some money. She kept only a few dollars for the bus fare, giving the rest to him.
The man stopped eating at the sound of her voice, stunned and frozen in place. Sitting on the ground, his eyes hidden by hair, were filled with fear, panic, shame, and humiliation.
Lauren bent down slightly, her gaze tender as she softly repeated, “Take it.”
But the man sat motionless, trembling slightly as if he often faced bullying and was afraid of this stranger.
Her voice softened further, “Don’t be scared; I mean no harm.”
As she reached to take the moldy bun from his hand, the man’s gaze fell on her pale, delicate but bloodless hands, stirring a bitter feeling inside him as tears uncontrollably fell.
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