Chapter 118

OLIVIA After dinner, my grandma and I were sitting together in the living room, watching TV, when the quiet was suddenly broken by noises coming from outside. My grandma paused and listened for a moment before speaking. “It sounds like your uncle and aunt are here,” she said softly. My expression darkened at once. I immediately told Grandma not to let them know that I was here. I couldn’t bring myself to face them. There was no way I could get along peacefully with my uncle and aunt—not after everything that had happened. I would never forget what they did to me in the past. If my aunt hadn’t pushed me that night, my son wouldn’t have died, and Hannah wouldn’t be living with a heart condition now. Those memories were carved too deeply into me. Over the past seven years since that night, I had never seen them again. I had deliberately avoided them, doing everything I could to stay away. As far as I was concerned, my only family left in this world was Hannah and my grandma. No one else m