Chapter 54 The Luxurious Proposal Procession

Jennifer returned home, only to find that her stepmother, Stephanie Gabel, had thrown all her belongings into the stairway, including the rag doll her late mother had sewn for her by hand. Meanwhile, Christopher was sitting at the doorway, smoking. His hair was disheveled, and he looked defeated as a small mountain of cigarette butts accumulated at his feet. The stairway was filled with swirling smoke, making it somewhat suffocating. Through the hazy smoke, Jennifer could vaguely see her father's graying sideburns. It seemed as if he had aged nearly a decade overnight. Stephanie threw Jennifer's belongings out of the house while cursing, "If you ask me, your daughter is none other than a curse sent by the heavens to torment you. Had it not been for her, you wouldn't have lost your job four years ago, and our family of three wouldn't be crammed into this tiny, rundown house. Just when we thought someone gullib