Chapter 604

Kendra sat in the car, closing her eyes deeply. The icy detachment that had masked her face moments ago had completely dissolved, leaving only boundless exhaustion in its wake. She gazed quietly out the window, her eyes slightly unfocused, as if lost in thought. The faintest curve tugged at the corner of her lips—whether in mockery of others or herself, it was impossible to tell. Yasmin was her only younger sister. When their parents passed away, Kendra was barely seven years old, left to care for a sister three years her junior. The hardships of those days were unimaginable. Yet, against all odds, Kendra had endured. But the cruelest blow came not from the world—it came from her own sister. At just ten years old, Kendra had already shouldered responsibilities far beyond her years, unyielding in the face of adversity. But none of that had prepared her for the moment Yasmin chose their adoptive parents over her. Kendra couldn’t remember how she had felt then. It wasn’t pain, nor sorrow.