Chapter 73 Painful Past

• When Red and Chelsea arrived at the cemetery to pay their respects to Chelsea's mother, who had recently passed away, they were welcomed by a dreary day. They paid their respects to her grave while dressed in black from head to toe, laying flowers at their feet and reciting prayers. Because both Chelsea and her mother had a soft spot in their hearts for tulips, the two of them went out and bought some to take to her mother's grave.
• "Why isn't there a picture?" is the question. Red questioned, having observed that there was not even a single photograph placed at the grave of Chelsea's mother.
• "I've been looking for it since the beginning, but I never found it... It just so happened that I was sick during the time that my mum passed away. They kept the truth from me, and by the time I found out what had occurred, everything pertaining to my mother had been tidied up. There was not a single article of her clothing that was left behind in her chamber. I have no idea why they felt compelled to get rid of everything that belonged to her... When I asked him about it at the time, he claimed that the only reason they cleaned up everything so well was because it reminded him of her. I was so naive back then to believe him; looking back, I can't believe I did that... But, in less than a year after his first marriage ended, he tied the knot again. Everyone thinks I'm an idiot, including you! They explained to me that Maxine is merely my father's stepdaughter... Yet, can you think of any stepdaughter and stepfather who are exactly the same? There are a lot of parallels to be seen between Maxine and my mother... When I inquired further about that, all I got in response was a curse. I gave some thought to uprooting my life and starting over somewhere else, far away from them... But, I do not own any financial resources. My father was the beneficiary of all of my mother's assets, including the cash that she had hidden away, after she passed away..." Chelsea related the unfortunate events that transpired.