Chapter 30 Giving Him a Call

Reaching out, Gardenia touched the door she had walked through countless times before. At that moment, it felt as if she had gone back to her childhood days. Anthony would be out hauling stone for a living, and Camelia would be knitting at home, waiting for him to return. And yet, all of that had changed, all because of Anthony's addiction to gambling. When he won, he'd treat others to drinks, and when he lost, he'd come home and take it out on Camelia after getting drunk on someone else's dime. At first, the bets he made were small, and the beatings weren't as hard, so Camelia chose to endure it for the sake of the family. After that, God knew who introduced him to that place, but he started borrowing money at high interest just to gamble. When he couldn't pay the money back and the debt collectors couldn't find him, they would come after her and Camelia instead. In the end, Camelia, driven to the edge, begged them to spare Gardenia before she jumped to her death. Just like that