No matter how long the night, how bad the dream, a new day is always sure to come!
Molly slowly emerged from her sleep. She opened her eyes, looked around, and started to come fully
awake.
She swallowed hard and tried to get up from the floor. "Ahh," she shouted and fell to the floor again.
She had been sitting on the floor for so long that her legs had become numb and weak.
"Miss Xia, you're awake!" Lisa told Molly in a soft voice while smiling.
Molly looked at Lisa awkwardly with a light smile as she lay on the floor while rubbing her legs to
reduce the numbness. Her eyes were all puffed up from crying overnight.
Lisa seemed to notice the sorrow and pain that Molly felt. She didn't ask Molly the reason why she
slept below the stairs nor the reason why her eyes were swollen. Instead, she said in a low voice," Your
breakfast is ready. You can clean yourself up and have your breakfast."
"Thank you!" answered Molly gratefully.
Lisa smiled at Molly and turned around to leave. Before taking a step, she remembered Brian's
instruction. She turned back to Molly and saw her trying to get up from the floor, and said," Before Brian
left, he asked me to tell you that you should not leave the house these days."
"Does he want to imprison me here?" Molly said carelessly. Seeing the surprised look on Lisa's face
made her feel slightly embarrassed. The corner of her mouth twitched a little, then she said
sheepishly," I mean… That's not what I meant."
Lisa was not the type of person who liked to meddle, so she just shook her head and said," That's what
Brian asked me to tell you and I merely delivered the message to you."
After that, Lisa turned around and left without saying anything else. She knew her place in the house
and having worked for Brian in such a long time, she had learned what she should or shouldn't do.
Yesterday, she told Brian on the phone that Miss Xia was cooking in the kitchen. To her surprise, Brian
had come back just in time for dinner. It was odd because he had been gone for a few days and it
seemed that he wouldn't be coming back that soon.
From how she'd known him, Brian had barely shown his feelings to anyone. It might have been
because he was raised by his family that way or he might have inherited his father's characteristics. It
was quite difficult to see through him and his feelings. But after Lisa had spent some time with Molly,
she started to think that if Becky didn't love Brian, then Molly could be a better choice for Brian.
After having cleaned herself up and changed her clothes, Molly went downstairs. She did not eat
anything for breakfast since she had no appetite at all. She said sorry to Lisa for the trouble earlier and
walked out of the house to breathe some fresh air. She stood in the garden and stared at the front gate
with a strong desire to walk beyond it shining in her eyes.
Even if he would allow her to go, she wouldn't dare to.
She could still recall vividly what Brian had done to David and she knew that she could not take that
risk.
If all she cared about was only herself, she wouldn't mind taking the risk, but she had to think about
what could happen to her mother and Daniel. There was too much at stake. She would never even
dare to do so.
She raised her head and looked at the sky, and a flicker of amusement shone in her eyes. The sun was
rising at that very moment; a bright glow was rising in the East, and the sun was shining from the
horizon. But sadly, thick clouds were looming in the sky, which seemed to block part of the beautiful
sunlight.
Molly had stayed in the garden silently from morning until the afternoon. She even told Lisa not to
prepare lunch for her. People usually felt that time passed quickly whenever they were happy, and they
felt that it passed slowly whenever they were sad. But in fact, it has its own rhythm, independent of
one's feelings. Whether you are sad or happy, time passes by just the same and life goes on.
Lisa went out of the house and saw Molly who was sitting on the bench in the garden. She let out a
sigh, walked up to Molly, and said," Miss Xia, someone is calling you."
"Umm," Molly said to Lisa in response. Then, all of a sudden, she ran back to the house with certain
nervousness. Molly had lost all her clothes including her phone in the hotel that very night, and she
didn't have the chance to buy a new one. Now that she had gotten involved with Brian, subconsciously,
she was afraid that she would get calls from someone she didn't know. So, she decided not to buy a
cell phone for the meantime. She didn't tell anybody about Brian's home phone number except Daniel.
She was worried that something might happen to her family so she told Daniel not to call her unless
there was an emergency.
Molly picked up the phone and asked hastily," Hello, Daniel?"
"Molly..." Daniel was crying at the other end of the line.
"What's wrong?" Molly grew even more nervous and worried when she heard Daniel's crying voice.
She felt her heart skipped a beat as she held her breath and continued," Tell me what happened. Is
Mom okay?"
"Dad got beaten up yesterday on his way home from work and Mom lost consciousness when she
heard the news..." Daniel started crying before he finished the words.
"Where are you?"
"We... We are in The Second Hospital of A City," Daniel said in between sobs.
"Okay! I'll be right there!" Molly replied quickly and then took a deep breath. She tried to stay calm
though she was worried about her mother's condition. She couldn't imagine losing her mother but she
tried to be strong and pull herself together. She swallowed hard and continued," Daniel, don't worry
about it. Stop crying. Mom needs us. You are a man now, you have to be tough, okay?"
"Umm!"
Daniel tried to stop crying and answered. Before Molly could even think it further, she hung up the
phone and rushed to the door.
"Miss Xia..." Lisa cried hurriedly from behind.
Molly stopped and turned around. She looked straight into Lisa's eyes with tears rolling down her
swollen eyes. "Lisa, My mother is in the hospital..."
With a disapproving expression on her face, Lisa said to Molly," But how about Brian's order? He told
me not to let you out." The situation was quite awkward yet difficult since Lisa had been nothing but
nice to Molly. As much as Molly wouldn't want to put Lisa in such a situation, she couldn't just stay here
while her mother was in the hospital.
"I'll be back very soon. I just want to check whether my mother is okay," Molly begged and looked at
Lisa with pitiful eyes. Sensing Lisa's hesitation, she continued," Lisa, please let me out, please..."
The situation was even more difficult for Lisa. She looked at Molly's swollen eyes, and found that tears
were already brimming in her eyes. In a moment of weakness, she told Molly," Okay, but please
promise me that you'll come back as soon as possible!"
"Umm!" Molly said and nodded her head. Then she looked at Lisa gratefully before rushing out of the
house.
Lisa gazed at Molly as she ran out of the front door, but unknown to her, Molly had fallen into
someone's trap right after she had gone out of the villa. A man had been sitting for quite some time at a
corner of the road to downtown, observing the villa. As soon as he saw Molly get in the taxi sent by
him, he took out his phone and dialed a number.
"Tyler, she is in the taxi now!" The man said in satisfaction with an evil smile creeping up on his
ferocious face.
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