Chapter 179. The Willow River

ASHER

I could not stop crying. As new memories from my first life rushed into my mind, tears flowed endlessly, and I could not stop them. Since Auntie Marie was sleeping downstairs and I didn’t want her to hear my sobbing, I hugged my legs tightly, burying my face in my knees.

As I remembered those moments, it felt as if I was reliving them, and all the emotions from that time came flooding back. It was as if an old wound, which I thought had long healed, was suddenly reopened. I had believed it would never bleed again, but it turned out that a mere scab had covered the wound, waiting to be torn away—and now, it had been, causing the pain to resurface.

I felt the same pain, shame, and sadness that I had experienced back then. I was so embarrassed that I wished I could just disappear into the ground because Princess Kara (or Lee) and Jackson had heard all the hurtful words my parents said to me in my first life.

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[Flashback]

When Jackson