Family Abandonment

"Emma, how could you behave like this?" 

 

Not wishing to engage in futile arguments with her grandmother any longer, Emma Hart stood up resolutely. "Mom, take care of yourself. I'm leaving." 

 

As she walked down the alley, tears betrayed Emma's stoic facade, reminding her of the piercing loneliness that comes with being abandoned by one's own family.

 

Wiping away her tears, Emma hailed a cab, desperate to escape the suffocating atmosphere. 

 

"Where to?" asked the driver. 

 

"Anywhere," she replied, turning her gaze towards the window, allowing her tears to fall freely.

 

Meanwhile, in his office, Damien Sterling picked up his phone. 

 

"Mr. Sterling, Miss Emma visited her family in the old alley and has now taken a taxi. I am tracking her," reported the caller. 

 

"Understood," he replied curtly, hanging up.