Chapter 21

The fake Winifred was frightened by Kendall's hysterics. She didn't dare say anything else to him and scrambled to her feet before fleeing. Kendall stood in the rain, the anger and anguish in his eyes refusing to dissipate. He knew he was acting like a madman, but he'd already lost his beloved Isabel. Nothing else mattered anymore. … Half a month later, someone lured John into gambling. His family was already impoverished, and it now teetered on the brink of collapse under the weight of the crushing gambling debts. The fake Winifred wanted to escape her family, which had now become a bottomless pit, but she didn't get the chance to do that. She worked hard to make money every day, and her hands that had once been smooth and supple became cracked and bloody from the labor. However, whatever money she made was only a drop in the ocean compared to John's gambling debts. Later, when the debt collectors came knocking, he knocked her out and handed her over to them like she was a produc