Chapter 1297: So This is What Heartache Feels Like

If given another chance, would they still become friends? Pearl herself didn't know the answer. Before leaving, she did one last thing for Ruth—she contacted her family. Saul had taken the family to another city, but it wasn't hard for Pearl to find them. The powerful network of the Gilliam family took only half a day to locate their new address. Louisa was stunned when she heard the news of her daughter's death and cried tears of regret. "How could Ruth be dead? Didn't you say Ibrahim wouldn't harm her as long as the debt was repaid?" "My daughter... Ruth, it's my fault. I shouldn't have left you alone." When they moved, she had considered taking Ruth with them, but her husband had urged her to leave quickly, so she had temporarily set aside the thought of finding her daughter. After arriving in the new city, her husband promised to earn enough money to redeem Ruth. But before they could settle down, news of Ruth's death arrived. Louisa was so devastated that she had a stroke