Chapter 211 - The Gift

{"messages":[{"id":613643177,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"This is Dorian’s POV."},{"id":613643178,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I never knew a moment in my life where I felt truly happy."},{"id":613643179,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"Dorian, dear..."},{"id":613643180,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"That sweet voice of hers... it made me shiver."},{"id":613643181,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I walked up to her, covering my arms with my sleeves so that she didn’t see my bruises."},{"id":613643182,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I smiled cutely, making myself look as adorable as possible."},{"id":613643183,"character_id":11444286,"type":2,"content":"Good morning, Mother."},{"id":613643184,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"She smiled, pinching my cheek."},{"id":613643185,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"What a cute boy! That’s my son."},{"id":613643186,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Wearing cute clothes, smiling cutely... it was all my mother needed from me."},{"id":613643187,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"Dorian..."},{"id":613643188,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Suddenly, her expression changed when she grabbed my leg and lifted it up, making me fall back onto the floor."},{"id":613643189,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"What’s this?"},{"id":613643190,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"She pointed at the bruise that was slightly visible from my trousers. The bruise that she had given me."},{"id":613643191,"character_id":11444286,"type":2,"content":"I-I-"},{"id":613643192,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"Do you WANT me to go to prison?"},{"id":613643193,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"Do you want people to look at that and see that you aren’t adorable? You need perfection! PERFECTION!"},{"id":613643194,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Slamming her shoe right into my stomach, I coughed and rolled to the side."},{"id":613643195,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Clutching my stomach, I could barely breathe."},{"id":613643196,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I curled up into a ball while she pummelled me with punches and kicks."},{"id":613643197,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I simply needed to endure it until she stopped."},{"id":613643198,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Just... need... to... wait... it... out..."},{"id":613643199,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"In the end, I was left in a pool of blood, my whole body full of bruises."},{"id":613643200,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"Urgh, look at you now! Not cute at all!"},{"id":613643201,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"Get out of my sight. NOW!"},{"id":613643202,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I could barely move. I remember laying there, like a corpse, until my consciousness slowly slipped away."},{"id":613643203,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"As the years past by, I slowly started to become more obedient on the outside, but more rebellious."},{"id":613643204,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"My mother became sick, sicker than ever before, towards me and her health."},{"id":613643205,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Since we barely had enough money to sustain our poor living lifestyle, I decided to go onto the streets."},{"id":613643206,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Slowly, I took all of my pent-up anger out of high-ranked men from gangs and took their place."},{"id":613643207,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I was moving up the ladder, and in the process making more money than my mother could ever earn."},{"id":613643208,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Then, that fateful day arrived."},{"id":613643209,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"The day where I finally became free from her."},{"id":613643210,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"D-Dorian... Dorian, my adorable child..."},{"id":613643211,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I was only 13. After having a heart attack at work, a coworker drove her to the hospital."},{"id":613643212,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"And there she laid, pitiful and pale."},{"id":613643213,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I walked in, wearing my gang clothes. Her eyes tensed."},{"id":613643214,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"What are you wearing?"},{"id":613643215,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"Where is your adorable shirt? Your necktie?"},{"id":613643216,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"This isn’t CUTE at all!"},{"id":613643217,"character_id":11444286,"type":2,"content":"I’m done being your doll, Mother."},{"id":613643218,"character_id":11444286,"type":2,"content":"I’ve found my own path, and now, I won’t be following yours anymore."},{"id":613643219,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"Y-You... without me, you’ll be on the streets!"},{"id":613643220,"character_id":11444286,"type":2,"content":"Actually, I’ve made enough money to buy myself a place outright."},{"id":613643221,"character_id":11444286,"type":2,"content":"Thank you for showing me what love means, Mother."},{"id":613643222,"character_id":11444286,"type":2,"content":"How toxic it really is."},{"id":613643223,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"Dorian?"},{"id":613643224,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"I turned around and walked out of the door."},{"id":613643225,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"Dorian!"},{"id":613643226,"character_id":13145378,"type":2,"content":"DORIAN!"},{"id":613643227,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"After that, I met the girl that saved me when I was younger again. This time, I knew that I was going to protect her, just like she protected me."},{"id":613643228,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"Her name? Alyssa Fields."},{"id":613643229,"character_id":0,"type":1,"content":"-End of Chapter 211-"},{"id":613643230,"character_id":11078108,"type":2,"content":"Thank you for reading my book! Make sure to like if you’ve enjoyed the story and want more. Subscribe by tapping the heart button so you don’t miss any updates. Doing that would mean a lot! Leave a comment especially! I love to read them~."}]}