Vireo tossed and turned in bed, so Isadora was not able to fall asleep as well. Isadora leaned on his shoulder and asked him softly, "What's the matter, Holden? Are you still worried? Don't worry. Both Sabrina and Mister Ford are the ones who had set this up. The setup this time is done on a very large scale, so the Payne family will n o longer be able to make a comeback.
They'll never be able to make a comeback. Everybody in the Payne family may rot in prison."
Isadora did not like the Payne family one bit. After she heard Vireo retold his own experience, Isadora has been thinking of having the entire Payne family killed at all times! They were too detestable! She looked at Vireo. "Holden, I can help you. I'm not a good person anyway!"
Vireo immediately put Isadora in his arms and covered her lips. "You're not allowed to talk about yourself like this. You're a good girl. You should be enjoying your happiness for the rest of your life. Do you understand?"
Isadora gently nodded. "Mm-hmm. You're the best to me, Holden."
Vireo sighed. "Isadora, maybe you don't understand the feelings I have for my adoptive parents. Even if they were bad, bad to the bones, something my adoptive mother said was right. When I was still a baby, she had really been through a lot of hardship to raise me. If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have survived."
Isadora raised her head and looked at Vireo. "Holden, I understand. My father had abandoned me when I was two years old. H e got together with a fashion designer and they even had a child. My father had never been nice to me. He was only nice to me once, and he was using me then. However, I still felt extremely warm and fuzzy.
Holden hugged his wife in his arms in relief. "I will no longer be lonely now that I have you. I will not care too much about the past anymore. After all, my adoptive parents are already very old. They are already in their seventies. Even if they were to stay alive, how long can they live? My three sisters are addicted to gambling. This is something nobody could help them with. I will just let them fend for themselves."
Vireo said that to Isadora, but he was also saying that to himself. That meant that he had already made a decision. He has decided not to pursue the matter of his adoptive parents buying him from someone else back then anymore. If he did not pursue the matter, his adoptive parents may be able to avoid jail time.
The following morning, when Vireo, who was neatly dressed, was about to go to the prison, he received a call from the prison." Mister Payne, could you make a trip here? Your...adoptive parents want to see you," said the staff.
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