Karen pulled Summer's hair so hard that Summer was in pain and her voice trembled slightly, "Mom, it
hurts."
"I just want you to feel the pain. Do you know how careful and difficult it is for me to live in the Jarrett
family?" Karen pulled even harder, as if she was venting her anger.
Summer's eyes were filled with tears, but she didn't dare to cry out for pain anymore. She bit her lips
and said, "Then let's leave the Jarrett's. If we leave, you won't be in such a difficult and painful
situation."
Karen always told Summer how painful and difficult her life was. Summer kept her words in mind.
Summer felt that since Karen was in such pain, she should leave the Jarrett's.
After leaving, Karen would not be in such pain. She didn't have to spend time with Vicky who hated her
anymore.
"Leave?" Karen was so shocked that she let go of her hand, "Summer, are you talking nonsense? How
could we leave?"
"But you..." Summer still wanted to say something, but Karen interrupted her, "As long as you listen to
me, we can still live a good life in the Jarrett family. Do you understand?"
Karen's tone was unusually tough. Summer could only nod obediently.
After that, Summer was more obedient to Karen than before. Karen told her not to get full mark in the
exam, so she would not get full mark in the exam.
Sometimes she did well in the exam and sometimes she failed. At first, the teacher would talk to her
after each exam, but then he gradually stopped looking for her. Karen was very satisfied with Summer's
exam results.
Summer thought that if she could make Karen happy by doing poorly in the exam, she would be willing
to.
Summer ran a newspaper independently and won the prize in the art festival of her school that year.
The reward was a pen. It was an ordinary pen, but it was a reward, so she was very happy.
She thought that if she showed it to her mother, her mother would be happy, right? But she quickly
remembered the exam paper she had taken back. She thought that her mother would be happy for her
full mark, but Karen would be angry instead of happy.
Summer realized that Karen would not be happy about what she thought would make Karen happy. So,
she silently put the pen back into her bag.
After school, she crossed the alley and walked home along an old street as usual. When she passed
an intersection, she stopped to wait for the green light.
Just as she stood there, she heard footsteps behind her. She turned around and saw that it was a little
boy. He was taller than her, and he should be older than her. The clothes on his body were a little dirty.
Summer felt that this boy was a little weird, but he looked pretty. She stared at the boy out of curiosity.
But the boy, as if he hadn't seen her, walked straight past her and onto the road.
Summer saw that it was a red light. Not far away, another car drove over.
Seeing that the boy was still slowly crossing the road, Summer couldn't help but shout, "Hey!" However,
the boy did not seem to hear her voice as he continued to walk forward.
Seeing that the car was getting closer and closer, Summer quickly ran over and pulled the boy back.
After she pulled the boy back, the car passed them.
Summer's legs trembled from fear, but she still grabbed the boy's hand and ran to the side of the
road.
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