Chloe let tears run down her face.
At Nicole's call, her legs moved slightly, but she was shaking from being on the 20th floor.
In fact, she was also afraid of death, but with the call o f her mother, the despair in her heart became stronger, and her breathing became depressed and stagnant.
"Come back! Don't jump! You still have me! I'll stay with you! I will try my best to make our life better!"
Nicole took a few steps forward carefully, and stretched out her trembling hand to Chloe, hoping to call Chloe back with her warm arms.
Chloe, however, just gave her a warning look that instantly increased the distance between them.
"Don't!"
Nicole was terrified. She was afraid Chloe would accidentally fall, "Okay, okay. Mom won't come near you...Come back by yourself..."
Chloe pointed to her heart. "Mom, it hurts, it hurts so much...It feels as if my heart had been cut open with a knife. It was all bloody and slowly rotting and stinking.
"I feel like my heart is empty. There's nothing in it."
"No, Chloe, you still have your mother, you still have m e..." Nicole cried.
"Chloe, I know you like big houses! I will buy you a big house, I will not let you suffer! Don't worry, even if Bryan doesn't want you, I'll find you a new boyfriend! He'll love you!"
"I will make sure that you live a good life with food and clothing for the rest of your life, and no one will look down on us. I will make it. Trust me."
Nicole saw Chloe continue to approach the edge of the roof, only to feel even more nervous.
"Chloe, be a good girl, come here quickly, OK?"
Chloe gave a bitter smile, lifted her trembling legs and stepped on the top step.
"I always thought that if I wanted more, I would get more. I always felt that if I got what I didn't have and couldn't have, I would be superior, so that no one would ever look down on me again."
She looked down from the top of the building, tears streaming down her face, and felt as if freedom was calling to her.
"I've thought many times about what happens when people die, and thought about how Bryan and I would grow old and be buried together." "But now..."
"All becomes impossible."
Chloe's heart was stabbing. She was clutching her chest and breathing hard.
She slowly bowed her head and watched her tears drip on the steps, her smile more desperate than ever.
"Actually, when I followed you into the Hamilton family, I was happy because I finally had a home and I didn't have to live on the road with Mom anymore."
"When you told me I have a sister, I felt even happier, because she would protect me if I got bullied."
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