Chapter 400


    Rosalie dragged her suitcases and walked all the way to the nearest bus stop near the Youngblood


    residence. While she was sitting on the bench, her phone rang.


    Rosalie was stunned for a moment before pulling out her phone and discovering that Lillian was


    calling her. After she saw the caller ID, Rosalie suddenly had the urge to cry.


    When she pressed the answer button, Lillian’s familiar voice came from the other end. “Rosalie, are


    you at the Youngblood residence right now? Callum and I are on our way there.”


    Rosalie suddenly remembered that it was her birthday that day, and she had invited Lillian and


    Callum to join her in celebrating her birthday that day.


    However, there was no need to celebrate it


    anymore.


    “There is no need for you toe over. I have already broken up with Jonathan. There will be no


    birthday celebration today,” Rosalie replied, her voice now bitter with each word.


    Lillian was immediately taken aback. “Broken up? You and Jonathan have broken up? What


    happened? Wait, where are you


    now?”


    Lillian was bing concerned because everything had happened so suddenly.


    Moreover, Rosalie’s voice on the phone was also calm.


    It was precisely her calmness that made Lillian even more uneasy. She was well aware of her


    friend’s personality. It would have been better if Rosalie had cried out loud and vented her


    emotions.


    Rosalie’s calmness could only indicate that she was suppressing all of her pain.


    In fact, Rosalie had always kept her pain to herself, neverining or venting to anyone, just


    like she had done while she was imprisoned years ago.


    However, she became even more depressed as a result of that.


    Rosalie was making slow but steady progress toward recovery, and Lillian did not want her friend to


    revert to the state she was in right after being released from prison.


    “Rosalie, where are you right now? Tell me!” Lillian urged anxiously.


    Nheless, there was only silence on the other end of the phone.


    “I’m going to have Callum check all the surveince footage on the road if you do not tell me right


    away. I will also notify the police and have them search the entire city for you. If necessary, I will


    even run a newspaper advertisement…” Lillian rambled on, determined to find out Rosalie’s


    whereabouts.


    She did not breathe a long sigh of relief until she finally heard Rosalie’s voice on the other end of


    the phone. “All right, just wait for me. Do not go anywhere!”


    After saying that, Lillian urgently turned on the navigation on her phone. “Quick, drive the car to this


    location. Rosalie is there!” she said to Callum, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, as she pointed to


    the destination on her phone’s map.


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    Callum started the car immediately, following the directions from the navigation.


    “Rosalie and Jonathan broke up?” he asked, having overheard parts of the conversation earlier.


    “Yeah. I do not know what happened exactly, and it’s hard to discuss on the phone. We will have to


    ask Rosalie when we see herter. I can only hope she is not in any more trouble,” Lillian worriedly


    said, her body tensing up.


    She thought Rosalie had already been through enough hardships, but now she was suffering even


    more than she needed to. “Why is God treating Rosalie this way?” she wondered.


    Suddenly, Lillian felt as if something heavy was pressing against her chest, making it difficult for her


    to breathe.


    On the other side, Rosalie made a phone call to Amelia. “Ms. Haab, something hase up with


    today’s birthday party, so please don’t bring Aiden over. I’lle see you another day.”


    Amelia was dumbstruck, and from Rosalie’s voice, she could sense that something was wrong.


    “What happened? Is something wrong?”


    “It’s just a minor issue. I’ll exin another day. Please apologize on my behalf to Aiden because we


    will not be able to have cake today as promised. I will get him a cake another time,” Rosalie said,


    trying to sound natural.


    “If you have


    any problems, please contact me. Although I may not be able to help much, it’s good to have


    someone to discuss things with,” Amelia said sincerely.


    Rosalie was someone she considered to be her real friend.


    She had moved away to avoid Warren and had lost contact with her previous friends since her


    release from prison. Because


    of that, she didn’t have any friends now.


    Rosalie was basically her only friend at the time.


    “Thank you, Ms. Haab. Don’t worry. I’m fine,” Rosalie said before ending the call.


    “Yes, I’m fine. It’s just another breakup, and I have descended from heaven to hell once more. No,


    it’s not truly hell yet because it’s still better than when I was wrongfully imprisoned back then,” she


    mused.


    At the very least, she was now free to go wherever she pleased, do whatever she pleased, and


    make her own decisions rather than being confined behind iron bars, beaten and kicked by others,


    and living in fear every day.


    Rosalie looked at her phone, which was the old one that she had not thrown away.


    The new phone Jonathan had bought for her had been damaged the day before while she was on


    the mountain, so she had put her SIM card back into her old phone.


    She eventually left exactly as she had arrived, with her old phone, old clothes, old luggage, and old


    shoes.


    It was like Cindere, who would revert to her former self when the clock struck midnight.


    Just then, a silver Porsche stopped on the side of the road next to the bus stop. Lillian quickly got


    out of the car and rushed over to Rosalie. “Rosalie, you…”


    Lillian’s eyes welled up with tears when she saw her best friend dressed in old clothes and carrying


    two suitcases.


    “Today is supposed to be Rosalie’s birthday, a rare asion for her to be happy. Why is she


    dressed like this now?” she pondered.


    Rosalie raised her head slowly and smiled softly at Lillian. “You’re here. I-I have moved out of the


    Youngblood residence, but I’m not sure where to go


    now.”


    Her smile only made Lillian feel more heartbroken. “Come on. Let’s get in the car first,” Lillian piped


    up. After all, the bus stop was not the ce to talk.


    At the same time, Callum got out of the car and assisted Rosalie in loading the two suitcases into


    the trunk.


    After that, Lillian led Rosalie into the back seat of the car.


    Lillian did not say anything in the car. She just held her best friend’s hand tightly. Rosalie’s hand


    was cold, despite the fact that it was the hottest time of year.


    Rosalie had nowhere to go because she had already terminated her lease on the rental home she


    had been staying in.


    Even though Callum found a hotel for Rosalie to stay in temporarily, she asked him to book a cheap


    inn for her.