"...George Carlson, he knows, doesn't he?" Jade Carlson asked Evelyn Willard.
"Those in power, they don't casually let women outside their circle become pregnant with their children," Evelyn Willard said. "When I was with him, he always took precautions."
Jade Carlson felt cold all over.
So... George Carlson had been using her all along.
Her father was not the mayor, but some meaningless man!
Jade Carlson's body shook even more fiercely. After all her efforts, what had she gained? Her life, was it all just a joke!
Subconsciously wanting a smoke, the cigarette in her hand was taken away by Evelyn Willard.
"You'd better stay away from this stuff," Evelyn Willard snuffed out the cigarette.
Jade Carlson watched the ash in the ashtray break into fine strands, her heart continuously sinking into an endless darkness.
Perhaps this time, she really needed to burn her bridges...
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