Chapter 24 Some People Are Ungrateful

• Lauren guffawed after Ethan said he was Riley’s father. Even when she lived her days in that hell, even when she lost the function of her hands, even when she knew he loathed her, she thought he would save that child for old times’ sake. However, he didn’t take even one call out of the hundred she made. In the end, the child died in her arms on one cold winter night.
• If it weren’t for her promise to Annie, and if it weren’t for Riley, she would have taken her own life in that deep, dark cell. How dare he say Riley is his daughter? You should spend the rest of your days in loneliness and die childless, Ethan!
• Lauren chuckled so much that her eyes were covered with tears. “Is something wrong up here, Mr. Parker?” She pointed at her head. “You sure Riley’s your child? You don’t strike me as someone who’d call any child your kid.” A moment later, she looked at him as if realization struck her. “Oh, did Nancy become infertile? Is she unable to give you a child? Is that why you would stoop so low as to take a murderer’s child?”