After Divorcing the Tycoon, I Married into a Wealthy Family Again
Chapter 24: Don’t Leave Me Behind

Chapter 24: Chapter 24: Don’t Leave Me Behind

Her self-consolation was destined to be shattered.

Henry Shaw had already contacted the Fuller Family and conducted a paternity test before returning her.

Now, he took out that jade pendant again, with the name Florence inscribed on it. It was discovered in the unwrapped swaddling clothes when Florence was found.

"You’re a human trafficker!"

"I want to call the police and have you arrested!"

"...!"

Florence Shaw curled up in the car, the hysterical female voice suddenly disappeared, replaced by a male voice: "This was agreed upon over the phone earlier, the fifty thousand you asked for, considered as the cost of raising the child! Take the money, leave the Fuller Family, and disappear from Florence’s life forever."

"Okay!"

At that moment, amidst the chaos, Florence Shaw seemed to snap out of it, immediately rushing out of the car and grabbing Henry Shaw’s clothes: "Dad!"

She called him dad, but didn’t know what to say.

The man in a suit across from her fixed his gaze on her: "I’m your biological father! Now... Mr. Shaw, who has taken the fifty thousand, please leave!"

Henry Shaw didn’t look at Florence Fuller. He silently pulled back his jacket firmly grasped by Florence Shaw and turned to walk away towards the ornate wrought-iron gate.

A solitary figure, always standing straight, but now bent.

Fallen, unbearable.

Shame, guilt.

"No!" Florence Shaw dashed out, her tears breaking like a flood: "Dad, I’ll go with you! Don’t leave me behind!"

She had barely taken two steps when she was blocked by a group of people.

"No!" Watching Henry Shaw’s figure move farther away, she broke down in devastating sobs: "I don’t want to stay here, Dad! I’ll go home with you. I’ll be good from now on; I won’t mess with my brothers and sisters anymore. I’ll get first place for you! I’m begging you! Don’t leave me!!!!"

The man in the suit behind her barked: "Come back!"

Henry Shaw’s throat tightened with bitterness; behind him was Florence Shaw’s piercing cry. Apart from the time he found her in the dump, this child had never cried so desperately.

Seeing him turn around, Florence Shaw seemed to see hope. She sobbed, her tear-filled eyes pleading as they looked at Henry Shaw: "Dad... don’t leave me... I don’t want to stay here."

"He’s not your father! He’s a trafficker!" a furious female voice came closer, Laura Yates glared at Henry Shaw: "Get lost!"

Florence Shaw had no time to listen to her. She somehow mustered the strength to push away the people blocking her and charged towards Henry Shaw, but just as she was about to reach him, someone caught up from behind and grabbed her.

"Let me go!" She struggled as Laura Yates and Michael Fuller held her back, preventing her from approaching Henry Shaw.

"Don’t leave me." She cried fiercely, her body trembling. She reached out her hand, pleading desperately: "I’ll be obedient in the future, study hard, I promise to get into the best art school, don’t leave me..."

Henry Shaw couldn’t hold back any longer. He changed his mind and stepped forward, holding Florence Shaw’s hand as he looked at Michael Fuller: "I don’t want the money; I’ve changed my mind. I’m taking her home!"

"Henry Shaw!" Michael Fuller looked at him coldly: "You think you can just change your mind? I haven’t even held you accountable yet, or else you could be waiting to go to jail on human trafficking charges!"

Henry Shaw was startled.

Florence Shaw clung tightly to his hand, shaking her head repeatedly, hoping not to be left here.

She truly didn’t want to stay in this unfamiliar place; she wanted to go home.

"Someone, take Mr. Shaw to the airport," Michael Fuller said.

"No, no!!!" Florence Shaw’s grip on Henry Shaw’s hand was mercilessly pried apart by Laura Yates and Michael Fuller.

Her biological parents broke this bond with their own hands.

Being held by Laura Yates and Michael Fuller, she watched as Henry Shaw was dragged away and pushed into a car. As Henry Shaw struggled, he said: "Wait, let me say just two things."

Florence Shaw looked at him, a glimmer of hope rising.

Henry Shaw looked at her with immense guilt: "Florence! It’s my fault. Your mother is seriously ill and can’t delay the surgery any longer; I had no choice. Blame me if you must, but live well with your biological parents from now on."

After saying this, he didn’t dare to look at Florence Fuller and directly got into the car.

When the car door closed, Florence Fuller’s body suddenly went cold.

Yet, she still wanted to run out. Laura Yates held her back: "He’s just a con artist and trafficker who walked away after taking the money. It’s useless even if you go after him."

Michael Fuller looked at her too: "From now on, remember, you’re no Shaw; you’re a Fuller!"

...

"Wipe your face."

Florence Fuller snapped back to reality, already feeling a dampness on her face.

She took the tissue and wiped away the tears from her face.

"Dad was very guilty at that time, Mom almost collapsed and was directly admitted to the hospital," Charles Shaw recalled the scene back then. Their father left with their sister but returned alone at night, disheartened, and they questioned where their sister was.

Henry Shaw looked at his wife and spoke with difficulty: "I returned her to where she was supposed to grow up."

Amelia Linney was stunned for a long time, and it also took Evelyn Shaw a while to realize that their sister wasn’t actually their biological sister.

But over so many years, their sibling relationship had always been good, making them completely forget about being related by blood.

Amelia Linney questioned her husband with anguish before ultimately fainting.

After being taken to the hospital and entering the operating room, Charles Shaw and Evelyn Shaw learned that Amelia Linney had cancer and she had been avoiding treatment, only taking medication, fearing that she would be a burden to the family.

She had been hiding it from the children all this time.

Henry Shaw said that after taking the money from the Fuller Family, their family was too ashamed to face Florence, severing all ties and breaking off all relations.

After that night, their father aged much, and their mother never recovered from her illness.

The once happy and blissful family shattered overnight.

Later, even when Florence Fuller sneaked back, their family was too ashamed to face her, choosing to ignore her.

They were the most hateful people.

"I’m sorry!" Evelyn Shaw said, tears in her eyes: "You should hate us, you deserve to hate us, you should ignore us, and Mom... you shouldn’t care either."

"I can’t do it." Florence Fuller looked at Charles Shaw and Evelyn Shaw, repeating: "I can’t do it."

How could she possibly watch her mother, who had loved her while growing up, die? Even when Henry Shaw died, she found out a month later, and she rushed back to Southtown overnight, refusing to believe how someone so fine could be gone.

If he hadn’t died, she would’ve told him she didn’t hate him at all; he did it to treat Mom, she understood. She didn’t blame him one bit for having a hard time at the Fuller Family. She was even willing to secretly sell her belongings and save her pocket money to please that family—to take money to treat her mother’s illness.

But when she went back, she was faced with a cold tombstone.

At that moment, all the fragmented hatred disintegrated.

She couldn’t afford to lose Amelia Linney as well.

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