Chapter 76 Samuel or Steve?

Natalia's gaze was drawn to the wooden chest in the closet as she got ready for work the next morning. She picked it up and opened it. She subsequently took out the necklace and grazed her thumb on the shell pendant. A few scenes from the past flashed in the back of her mind.

Her mother passed away a few months before her seventh birthday due to complications of childbirth. Her father was so broken up that he didn't want to stay at home. He took them to the farmhouse and stayed there for a couple of months.

Natalia’s friendship with Steve grew stronger during that period. It was her birthday, but Oscar forgot about it. Even Ethan didn’t wish her. Heartbroken, Natalia ran into the forest. She cried her eyes out, sitting on a dried log under a tree.

“Hey, why are you here?” A hoarse voice rang from the top of her head. She looked up and saw Steve standing beside her shoving his hands in his pockets.