Chapter 1360 Depression


    “I don’t have such a high state of mind,” Emmeline said with mncholy, looking up at the sky. “I just


    want to be with Abel, whether it’s in this world or another.”


    That night, Emmeline had a dream.


    She dreamt that she was beneath a deep mountain cliff, with no one around for miles, The sky was


    vast and distant, and her cries echoed only within her hearing. She was filled with fear, took out her


    phone, and tried to dial Abel’s number, but she couldn’t make the call…


    She woke up in fright from the dream, her body covered in cold sweat.


    She couldn’t help feeling that the cliff was a ce that existed in real life.


    The next day…


    Morning exercise was part of Emmeline’s routine.


    Afterpleting fourps of a five-hundred-meter run, her T-shirt was soaked with sweat.


    Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g


    “Oh, to be young,” an olderdy who was going about her morning exercise said with envy.


    Emmeline jogged back home and found a bowl of oat porridge, a hard-boiled egg, and a bun her


    mother had prepared for her on the table.


    Were eggs considered vegetarian or non-vegetarian?


    Regardless, Emmeline didn’t mind, so her mother insisted that she eat two every day.


    “Mom, I’m heading to work.”


    After having her fill, Emmeline went to the balcony and handed her mother a cup of freshly brewed tea.


    There were tears in her mother’s eyes; she had been crying.


    “Mom, what happened? It’s only early in the morning. Emmeline’s mind was suddenly clouded with


    worry.


    “My coworkers were talking about me behind my back, and it hurt my feelings,” Kimberly sobbed.


    Emmeline was confused. “You’ve all been retired for two or three years now. Who has the time for such


    nonsense?”


    “I knew you wouldn’t believe me,” her mother said, wiping away her tears.


    “It was that year in the changing room when Jessica’s wallet went missing, and the next day, they all


    looked at me strangely, suspecting me of being a thief,” Kimberly said seriously.


    A sense of panic washed over Emmeline. Has Mom’s depression hit her again and worsened at that?


    She kneeled down in front of her mother, holding her knees.


    “Mom, it’s been many years since that incident. Those who are innocent have nothing to worry about.


    Why are you ming yourself for something that happened so long ago?”


    “You and your father are just the same, never really listening to what I have to say!”


    “Mom, you can’t allow people to converse. It’s been so many years that everyone has practically


    forgotten about it! Don’t dwell on these things, please.”


    “I knew you wouldn’t believe me! You also think I stole that wallet, don’t you?!”


    Emmeline was stunned, and she dared not speak further. She realized that her mother’s depression


    had worsened, and her mental state was severely affected.


    “Mom, what do you want me to do?” After a pause, she asked cautiously, “Should I take you to the


    hospital?”


    “You silly child. I’mpletely fine. Why go to the hospital?” Her mother gently ruffled her head. “It’s


    time for you to go to school.”


    “Mom, did you have trouble sleeping against night?”


    “I don’t know what it’s like to feel sleepy anymore,” her mother said. “My eyelids just won’t close


    together.”


    “Why don’t you lie down for a while now and take a rest?”


    Emmeline noticed the dark circles and deep hollows under her mother’s eyes.


    “Okay, I’ll rest when you leave for work, her mother agreed.


    “Alright.” Emmeline stood up to leave but couldn’t help worrying. “Mom, for lunch, I’d like vegetarian


    taquitos. Can you make them at home? Don’t go anywhere.”


    “Sure. her mother nodded. “You can have vegetarian ones, and your dad can have beef taquitos.


    “We agreed. No going out anywhere, okay?”


    “Yes!” Her mother smiled and nodded.


    Emmeline finally left for school.


    Emmeline’s desk was right across Ysabel’s. Ysabel was in her early thirties, very beautiful, with golden-


    brown curly hair and a captivating presence.


    When Emmeline returned from a business trip to Sandwell, she had given Ysabel a dress, which


    seemed to have alleviated the awkwardness between them.


    As the bell for ss rang, Ysabel hastily left with her teaching materials. In the teacher’s office, only


    Emmeline remained.


    “Ysabel Hemmings! You witch, get out here!” Someone called from the corridor, and then arge


    woman stormed in like a whirlwind.


    Ysabel Hemmings! You shameless woman!” The woman lunged at Emmeline and pped her.