Chapter 16. The Golden Chance

Ayana’s POV

Silence lingers in the air for a very long moment. My nerves went through a series of campfire reactions, from shock to disbelief. I even felt like this was some kind of comic, and I had to restrain myself really hard from laughing. And finally, it went all flat.

Yeah, I didn’t feel any reaction, and those words, I blocked them from banging my head. There is no way these people can turn into saints or caring human beings overnight. So, what I thought I heard this man say is all a dream. A bad invalid dream.

“Aren’t you happy?” I turn to this woman as she breaks the silence, her countenance speaking nothing but disbelief and impatience. “Don’t you have anything at all to say to your father after such a golden chance that he is giving you even though you don’t deserve it?”

“Happy for what, mother? I don’t expect such words from people who have shown me and my daughter nothing but hatred and unjust inhumanity. I don’t even remember what he sa