Chapter 680 Carrie Wants to Rant

Brent couldn't stop picturing a petite, thin young lady running around doing odd jobs just to help make ends meet. She didn't complain or say she was tired. She just quietly slipped the money she earned into her adoptive mom's purse, smiling all the while. She should've been living comfortably—wearing designer clothes like Carrie, getting chauffeured to school, eating whatever she wanted, and learning anything she was interested in. She shouldn't have had to worry about tuition. She should've had the freedom to relax, to sleep, and to enjoy her youth. Instead, during the most exhausting years of high school, she worked nonstop. At first, when they heard Jean had been well-loved by the Lowe family, they were relieved. They figured a little hardship was fine as long as she was happy. But their idea of "poor" had been not eating at five-star restaurants or wearing brand names, not rationing meals, and not running from job to job to scrape by. As Brent read, Diana sat beside him, sc