Chapter 393 The Truth Hidden

• As if to confirm her suspicion, a woman’s voice suddenly exploded from a nearby courtyard, shrill and furious as she berated her husband. A group of children rolled around in the sand near the empty lot outside the alley. One boy, about ten years old, stood up and pointed straight at her.
• “The little homewrecker is back!”
• Because of Victoria’s mother’s beauty—and Victoria’s striking looks even as a child—this neighborhood had always been steeped in jealousy, resentment, and ugly speculation. The children were merely repeating the poison they heard at home.