She ended up sleeping for a couple of hours, and while she slept for a rather long period of time, she kept dreaming. In her dream, she could distinctly see that Jane had been cornered by a group of people and had been forced up to the edge of a cliff. Jane turned around to look down the cliff, before smiling bitterly a t the people that were after her and said, "I've been waiting for this day for so long. The weather today is s o nice that it's just perfect for me to jump off this cliff! But you listen to me, Alex Poole! The one thing that I regret doing most is coming to know you and longing for the protection you have provided me. I should have known how fate works. I should have known that the protection you provided me will only end up being the one thing that hurt me most. I would rather b e imprisoned for life, or to be beaten to death, than to know you. At least I wouldn't be upset over being insulted or beaten; and yet, Alex Poole, you have torn my heart into pieces! I swear! I don't ever want to see you ever again! Never again!”
With that, Jane leaped off the cliff without hesitation.
"Jane, Jane...!" Sabrina cried herself awake. Her screams had been so loud that even Aunt Lewis, who was cleaning the house outside, heard her.
Aunt Lewis immediately pushed the door open and came in to help Sabrina up. She embraced her and stroked Sabrina's back gently. "What's wrong, Mrs.
Ford? What is it? Did you have a bad dream?"
Tears kept falling down Sabrina's face. "To be honest, Aunt Lewis, I had been on a run for over six years from when I was pregnant with Aino until she turned five and a half. I wasn't aware of how Sebastian felt about me. All I knew was that he was the one who was hunting me down. Sometimes, I get so sick of it that I would think to myself: come on, if you find me, I'll kill my child before killing myself, too! The thought had crossed my head so many times. It's just that when he finally found me, he had leverage over me at the time. Otherwise, I would have died before following him back."
Aunt Lewis studied Sabrina in confusion and asked caringly, "Mrs. Ford, your relationship with Master Sebastian is so strong right now as a couple. Master Sebastian is practically the role model of what a good man is supposed to be in all of South City. Why would you suddenly think back to all those things that happened in the past? You shouldn't think about it, Mrs. Ford, because it's all in the past. There will only b e good days awaiting you from now on."
Sabrina smiled bitterly and said, "Aunt Lewis, do you know that I've been in jail before? I never graduated from college and there hadn't been anyone who was willing to be friends with me. I grew up alone. How I wished that I could have someone to call my friend? Back when I was a child in the Lynn family, I saw that they would invite so many kids over for Selene's birthday and each one of them would dress up beautifully. In order to befriend them and to get them t o play with me, I had even gotten down on all fours for them to ride me as a horse. Back then, they would tease me. There was this game they called the horsehopping game. I would bend down and support my ankles with both my hands while those kids would use my back for support to hop over one by one. But in the end, no one would play with me. Instead, they would just turn around and make faces at me.
Aunt Lewis was instantly in tears. "My poor child..."
Sabrina leaned against Aunt Lewis and continued in a hollow voice, "That's how I got through it, until the day Sebastian brought me back from Ciarrai County. He took me to one of the gatherings with his friends and that's the first time I saw Jane. She was so beautiful and elegant, and yet not at all arrogant. She was so caring that when everyone ignored me, she was the one that handed me a bottle of water." Sabrina could still remember it like it was just yesterday.
"But now, Jane is also pregnant. She is also scared of being found by Alex. I can tell from her tone that she didn't care anymore. Aunt Lewis, will Jane die?"
Aunt Lewis did not know how to respond, and Sabrina did not wait for her answer before pulling her phone out to call Sebastian.
Meanwhile, Sebastian was making food with his mother-in-law along with his child, thinking that he could take some back and put them in the freezer for later. When his phone rang, he picked it up for a brief glance and answered, "Alex, how... How are things going on your end?"
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