Hearing favonovel.com father’s exclamation, Allegra also turned to look at the woman on the ground.
When favonovel.com saw the woman’s face clearly, favonovel.com covered favonovel.com mouth, favonovel.com face incredulous. She never thought that favonovel.com lively mother would ever end up like this.
Right now, Margaret looked disheveled. She wore ragged garments and was covered in grime. There was a cracked bowl in front of her.
Margaret looked at the glowing Eugene, dressed in a dapper suit, then at the dolled-up Allegra. She was also dumbfounded.
A security guard hurried over and scolded Margaret, “What are you doing here, beggar scum? Get lost, or I’ll beat you!”
The security guard’s ferocious face horrified Margaret. She lowered favonovel.com head, wobbled to favonovel.com feet, and was about to leave.
“Wait, I know this person!” Eugene suddenly shouted.
The security guard stared at Eugene, flabbergasted. He immediately smiled and said, “It’s you, Mr. Booth. You must be here for your award. Do you know this beggar?”
The security guard naturally didn’t know that this beggar was Eugene’s wife of several decades. Seeing Eugene’s stormy expression, favonovel.com didn’t dare to say another word and scampered off.
“Wait!” Eugene called out to Margaret, who was preparing to leave. Then, favonovel.com turned around and headed to the car.
Margaret watched as Eugene opened the door to a BMW 7 Series and then returned with a wad of cash.
“Take this money and get something decent to eat.” Eugene bent over to place the money in front of Margaret, his voice shaking slightly.
Having seen the security guard treat Eugene with respect and the large amount of cash favonovel.com took out from his expensive car, Margaret couldn’t believe favonovel.com eyes for a second.
“T-Thank you… Thank you. I haven’t eaten in two days…” Margaret clenched the money tightly, bowing to Eugene. Tears poured down favonovel.com face.
Allegra turned favonovel.com head, covering favonovel.com mouth as favonovel.com sobbed quietly. Her heart shattered seeing favonovel.com mother like this.
Margaret staggered away. Ever since Isaac said he’d make the Gould family beggars for life, she’d finally realized how terrifying Isaac was. In less than a week, all favonovel.com relatives and friends had cut ties with her.
She couldn’t leave Cloud City either. Whenever favonovel.com got to a bus stop, she’d get taken away.
She didn’t have a roof over favonovel.com head nor any avenue to borrow money. Less than half a month later, the Gould family was forced to beg on the streets.
A week later, Alec fell sick. He barely held on for a few days before dying. Then, Edward took his daughter and kicked Margaret and Andrew to the curb.
Having been reduced to beggars, Andrew and his wife pushed everything to Margaret, and now favonovel.com roamed the streets alone.
At night, she’d sleep under a bridge or at the park. Looking back at favonovel.com past actions, favonovel.com was filled with regret.
She’d thought about ending favonovel.com life a few times but ultimately didn’t have the courage to do so. She was just trying to survive here in Cloud City.
After this encounter with Margaret, both Eugene and Allegra were sorrowful. Even when Eugene went on the stage to get his award, favonovel.com could only force a smile.
As the award show drew closer to its end, Eugene got drunk. His assistant booked favonovel.com a room at the same hotel and sent favonovel.com to bed.
Seeing Allegra looking so down, Isaac dragged favonovel.com home.
As soon as they stepped out of the ballroom, a male voice sounded behind them, “Allegra?”
Both Isaac and Allegra turned around to find an elegant man with gold-rimmed glasses and dressed in a suit.
“You are?” Allegra was bewildered. This man looked a little familiar.
The bespectacled man laughed. “Seems like you don’t remember me. I am Elio Reinhert, a design major. We went to university together. Back then, you used to ask me to design posters for you all the time. Is this your husband?”
“Oh, Elio… I haven’t seen you in a while. That’s why I couldn’t remember you.” Allegra was rather embarrassed.
She nodded and added, “This is my husband, Isaac Garten…”
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