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She drove back home, and crashed on her bed immediately after her shower. She took out her diary, and started writing down everything that took place during the day.

"Dear diary, today was a really nice day. My little brother has gone back to China for business, after 20 years of being best friends. I pray that he would be safe till he returns.

I finally let go of David after so long - he was not only abusive, but gay!. If he told me he wasn't straight, I wouldn't have accepted to be his girlfriend in the first place.

Anyways, I give him and his new partner my blessings - hope they grow old together. If he doesn't break his partners back, or give him an anal fissure. LMFAO. Maybe it was my fault for giving him all those BL manhua to read. But still, he should've come out to me first... "

Robyn was writing for a long time. She wrote about her wishes for her new job and cliques, and how she wished her new boss would be a nice person. She left her previous job, because her former boss was always trying to get her drunk and sleep with her.

"....Everything else about today was great. Dinner with Yansheng, and the walk afterwards. Everything was perfect. Except for that asshole I met at the mall. He bumped into me first, but he wouldn't say sorry or admit his mistake. I should've kicked him - I hope I never see him again!".

When she was done writing, she turned off the lights and went to sleep. She didn't sleep for long, when she started dreaming about her childhood.

She was five years old at the time. Her mother was a single mother, and had recently gotten a lover. Her mother didn't want to lose him, because he was rich. One day, she had come back from elementary school, and went to hug her mother. "Mom I'm back!". She said as she hugged her mother.

Leslie pushed her away. "Don't touch me! You're not my child and I'm not your mother. You're just my failed abortion!". Robyn started crying. She didn't understand what her mother meant by a failed abortion.

"Don't shed those tears - you're the reason why my life is ruined. I just had to get pregnant with a child like you, and I couldn't abort you. After I gave birth to you, I was told that I couldn't have another child! It's all your fault!". Leslie walked away, and banged the door behind her.

Apparently her new lover wanted a kid, but she couldn't conceive. She was frustrated about it, because he'd only marry her if she was pregnant.

Robyn cried for long. Her mother didn't come back home for days, and she went to school hungry everyday, until she passed out at school.

The school teacher called her mother and she came to pick her up after school. After three days of resting, she was okay to go back to school. When she got back from school, her mother told her they were moving into her lovers house.

She had forged a fake pregnancy report, and told the man she was pregnant. He immediately agreed to marry her. Everything went well. Robyn didn't know how, but her mother, had seemed to have a big belly, and gave birth to a little boy.

After a few peaceful years, Robyn was now twelve years old. Her stepfather had started acting strange. One night, while it was just both of them in the house, her stepfather tried to get intimate with her.

He pressed her against the wall, and started touching her. She kicked him between his legs, and managed to escape. She ran into the road and almost got hit by a car.

Robyn opened her eyes in fear. She was drenched in her own sweat from head to toe. She was breathing heavily, with her hands to her chest. She checked the time. It was 2:35.a.m. She poured herself a glass of water, and gulped it down immediately.

"I haven't had this dream in so many years - why did I dream about this?". She asked herself. She couldn't fall asleep, so she went to watch a movie. Early in the morning, she went jogging, to clear her head.

As she jogged, she passed by a house with police cars parked around the house. She wondered what had happened. She stopped and asked one of the neighbors who was watching.

"Good morning ma'am - do you know what's going on?". Robyn asked, panting. "The man had come home drunk at night. He accused the wife of being promiscuous, and ended up killing both mother and child. He said he wasn't sure if the kid belonged to him. It was a very gruesome sight". The woman wiped her tears, as she walked away.

The coroner pushed out their mangled bodies, on a stretcher, wrapped in a plastic bag. The man was pushed out of the house by the police. His hands were already with handcuffs, and he kept throwing curse words at the woman's dead body.

Robyn walked back to her house silently. She always used to play with that kid. Some nights when his mother had business, she babysat him. He was a cute kid - now he was dead. She cried for so long, until her eyes were red.

That poor kid didn't even have the chance to escape from an abusive father. She thanked God for her chance to escape from that monster who was her step-dad. She still wondered where her real father was, and why he never bothered to find her. Did he also hate her and not want her?.

Robyn went for a shower. Afterwards, she organized her apartment and work clothes. She laid down for a short nap, when her phone rang. It was Yansheng calling. She picked up immediately. "Hey bro". She said excitedly. "Hey Robyn - how are you doing?". Yansheng asked.

"Yansheng you sound tired. You should rest - let's talk later". She said sounding concerned. "No it's fine. I finally took over my father's company. My oldest brother manages the branch here, in China, but I can't trust him too much. I found a lot of things wrong with this month's accounts records. I still have to go to Germany in three days - I can't rest now". He said to her.

Robyn sighed. "If you die, while taking care of both companies, your brother would still embezzel all the money. If you die, who's going to give me away on my wedding day? - you're my only brother and friend. Don't die trying to be a filial son". She said in a sad tone.

"Don't worry. Your brother isn't so weak to die from some work". He said reassuringly. "Yeah he won't die, but he'd get wrinkles by the time he's twenty-nine". She said to him. They both laughed. Talking to Yansheng made her forget her sadness.

She told him about the kid and his mother. She cried, as she narrated the incident to Yansheng. He did his best to comfort her. He understood her pain. She almost had the same experience as the little boy. In fact, his father once helped Robyn to file a report again her step-dad.

The man was put behind bars without bail. He had to spend ten years in prison. After the call, Robyn fell asleep. Wen Yansheng went back to work after he ended the call. His assistant, Xia Bai, asked him why talking to Robyn made him so happy.

"You wouldn't understand little Bai. You're still a single man. You'd only know when you fall in love". Yansheng said to him. He started working happily. It was as if Robyn's voice gave his an energy boost.

"Wasn't the young master very tired just a while ago - why is he working so happily now, like he's been possessed?!". Xia Bai asked himself. He shook his head. people who are in love are so weird.