Crystal's POV:
After some thought, Arron finally nodded his head. "Yes, I know. She's probably at the orphanage."
In all honesty, I was taken aback by what he said. I didn't expect her to be in the orphanage. But after giving it some thought, I was not surprised at all. Beryl was a whimsical girl and rarely had friends. But unexpectedly, she became close with the orphan girl, Alva.
This gave me another headache just thinking about it. When I first came to the border, I had a sneaking suspicion that Alva was not as naive and innocent as she appeared to be. The girl seemed smart to me.
While I was the Alpha here for the past five years, I saw Alva rather frequently because of Beryl, and so I am fairly confident in my assumption.
When I first came here and took office, I was still pregnant. I ran into Alva while I was walking by the orphanage one day, but I didn't expect she would recognize me confidently right away. Considering her blindness, her intuition was surprisingly accurate. It was hard not to doubt that Alva was extraordinarily gifted in many areas.
But fortunately, she was a sensible girl and didn't reveal my real identity to anyone.
Alva was around Beryl's age when I first met her, but she had now grown into a teenager.
When I took Arron to the orphanage, Beryl and Alva were sharing a plate of roasted sweet potatoes together. Their faces were dirty, looking like little cats.
I didn't know whether to cry or to laugh. I looked down at Arron and found him smiling too.
"Beryl." I called out to the little girl who was eating sweet potatoes with relish and felt helpless.
Beryl turned around and saw me. She was so shocked that she even dropped the sweet potato to the ground and completely forgot to pick it up. Her small mouth hang agape with hot sweet potatoes stuffed in it. Like a little girl living on the streets, her face was covered with soot.
"Beryl." I called my daughter's name again.
Beryl came to her senses, immediately picked up the sweet potato on the ground, and turned around to run away.
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