Chapter 616 Raising Rudy (1/2)

Chapter 616 Raising Rudy

"Now to my next question… what happened to Jessica? How did she die?" Rudy asked calmly but with a serious look on his face

"Before I answer that, there is still more to my first answer" After a brief pause, Rebecca placed the diary back on the table and said, "It was still hard for h a month had already passed

I didn't read the diary nor talk about it to anyone, not even Elena But when I was curious enough to open and read the first chapter of the diary, I… read it and the contents written inside were so ridiculous that I felt stupid for taking it seriously

I did the very thing the shadow had told nored it, and I had to pay for it There were signs, and yet I didn't pay attention to theht, I had just put you to bed, and Jessica was sleeping beside you; I was taking a bath, and you suddenly started crying, so I quickly wrapped a towel around me and rushed toyou in its ar for me to arrive I was obviously scared, but I was more worried about you, so I called it out and asked what it was doing

I didn't get any response froot cold My body et as I was taking a bath, and the cold atmosphere made it impossible for me to stand in the same room

My body had frozen, quite literally I couldn't evenslower and quieter My vision had turned blurry, and I could barely see anything Only

Then, I heard the shadow say, 'You have failed!'

It didn't say anything else, but I somehohy the shadoas there— it was there to take you away from me, and I didn't want that

However… what could I do?" Rebecca shook her head and said, "Nothing I was just a twelve-year-old girl who had just adopted a newborn baby If the shadoanted, it could have killed Jessica and ave ns and chances to do better, but I failed the test and… I failed miserably I had lost you once, and I didn't want to lose you again I also knew that if the shadow took you, I wouldn't be able to raise you, and ould never ed

If that future was changed, then maybe you would never return to the past to take care of Jessica and ht of it was scary, and it stabbed my heart with a thousand needles

So I looked at the shadow and said, 'Give me one more chance, and I will not fail you'

When I said that, the air around ot even colder, and I eventually passed out When I opened lanced at the bed and found you sleeping beside Jessica

Since that day, I have triedYou were theto ed