Bella Scott listened to the receding footsteps and couldn't help but look back. Watching Edward Anderson's figure disappear, her nose soured with emotion.
The necklace Kedrick Baker found touched her fragile feelings, reminding her of how much she used to like Edward Anderson. Seeing him by her side made her feel incredibly happy, enough to forget all the unpleasantness at the Scotts'.
Edward Anderson's presence was like a ray of sunshine in her youthful years, lighting up her path forward.
Even now, she still loved him so much that her selfish side would rather be continuously hurt by him than give him freedom, simply because she couldn't bear him a child.
If this wasn't love, then what was?
She used to not understand Cecelia Anderson's crazed infatuation for Tariq Lane, but now she could empathize because she was walking down the same road. Even though she knew the path led to a dead-end, she refused to turn back.
