“Then what do you say I let both of you go and give you the freedom you want?” Heather continued.
Hannah widened her eyes in disbelief. “What evil schemes are you up to? Tell me what you want, and stop beating around the bush!”
Lily did not comprehend what Heather was planning to do either. However, knowing that Heather must have her reasons, Lily said nothing and sat quietly aside.
“I’m being serious. Since you like Ralph so much, don’t you want to leave and spend the rest of your life with him?” Heather’s offer was tempting.
Even though Hannah thought it was a trap, she was willing to take the risk. She turned to look at Ralph, then furrowed her brows to look over at her sister. “Say it. Name your conditions.”
After growing up together, she knew Heather as well as herself. ‘She would never be so kind and let us off unconditionally. Her offer must come with terms.’
Heather nodded with a half-smile. “My terms are simple. First, you are to sever your ties with the Riggs family, and everything you do shall have nothing to do with us. You’re never to return home again, and the further you stay out of our sight, the better!”
Seemingly without hesitation, Hannah readily nodded. “Okay, fine!”
To her, this was not a problem at all. After all, she had no good memories of the family. As someone who had lived in fear all her life without freedom and hope, she would instead seize the chance to be herself rather than retain the right to go home.
However, Lily viewed Heather’s first condition differently.
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