Chapter 897


    Shea usually stayed out and would only return home on certain asions.


    Elliot was happy to see his sister that day, but his father seemed to be in a bad mood. After having a


    few sses to drink, his father suddenly started beating Shea.


    All the joy and fantasies were shattered at that very moment.


    The servants in the house ran off and Shea was wailing from being beaten; his mother was pulling his


    father back in an attempt to stop him, but his father shoved her aside forcefully. In the end, his elder


    brother helped his mother back into her room while his father dragged Shea outside.


    The moonlight shone through the night, but all Elliot saw was darkness. He wanted to end the misery


    and the source of it was his father. If he killed his father, his family would not suffer any longer.


    That night, he put an end to his father''s life with his own hands.


    "Avery, it''s not what you think... Shea is my closest family, how could I..." Elliot tried to exin.


    Just then, the door to Avery’s bedroom was pushed open.


    La held a form in her hand and ran towards Avery.


    "Mom! Who are you talking to?" La stared at Avery''s phone curiously and said, "Our teachers gave


    us a form and we are to have our parents fill it out before bringing it back to school tomorrow. I almost


    forgot about it!"


    Avery swiftly hung up the phone and took the form from her daughter''s hand.


    "I will fill it out right now." Avery set her phone down to look for a pen.


    "Mom, what is written on the form?" La followed Avery around.


    "It''s a form for family information." Avery sat down by the table once she found a pen. "I didn''t have to


    fill out this sort of document back when I was a student, though."


    "Oh. Why is it necessary now, then?"


    "Maybe the teachers are just trying to get to know you better.” Avery did not think that family


    background had anything to do with the students'' performance at school, but if the school said to do so,


    she might as well fill in the form. However, she hesitated when she reached the nk that was meant


    for the father''s name.


    ''Should I put Elliot''s name on it?" She thought, ''The teachers will definitely take extra care of La from


    now on if I put Elliot''s name here.’


    After thinking it through for a moment, she decided to leave it nk.


    Elliot stared at his phone after Avery hung up :c& felt terribly depressed. He couldn''t exin his past in


    a few words and decided that he could only wait until Jun''s wedding to exin it to Avery in person.


    Avery twisted and turned that night, unable to fall asleep. Elliot did not have the chance to finish what


    he had to say, but he had not called or messaged her back since she had finished filling up the form for


    La.


    If he did not intend on talking, she didn''t want to ask about it either because they were already in an


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    argument; she was worried that continuing on the same topic would only bring further damage to their


    rtionship.


    At three in the morning, she finally drifted off to sleep restlessly.


    She had a dream of Charlie, who had passed away recently. Inside her dream, she had just met


    Charlie and he was a respectful gentleman to her; suddenly, he grabbed onto her arm with a vicious


    expression and shouted, "Elliot Foster is a murderer! He is a murderer! Avery, stay away from him!


    Otherwise, he''s going to kill you next!"