Chapter 1684

The first time Chantelle had taken Janet hiking, the little girl hadn't been used to it either and had kept complaining about being tired. Hence, Chantelle had alternated between carrying her on her back and in her arms, coaxing her along the way. But as a woman, she didn't have the strength to carry Janet the whole way. It just made her feel like she owed Janet even more. "Ah!" Chantelle was deep in thought when a sudden pain shot through her foot. Before she could react, her body gave way, and she fell backward, landing hard on the stone path. Luckily, she happened to be on flat ground. Just behind her was a long flight of steep stone steps. If she had fallen there instead, the consequences would have been unthinkable. "Mommy!" Janet turned around and immediately started wriggling to get down from Terence. After carefully setting her down, Terence took her hand, and the two of them quickly hurried back to help Chantelle up. Just as Chantelle found her footing, another piercing