The Masked prince
Chapter 124: The Past(5)

Chapter 124: The Past(5)

After May and Bentley went inside their room, Cooper and Gianna again walked outside the hut to talk about something. It was now only Evelyn who was standing inside the yard.

She hesitated for a moment before she gathered her courage and walked towards her aunt and uncle’s room.

Evelyn knew that her aunt was going to talk to her uncle about what that aunt (Gianna) had said to her.

She wanted to know if her uncle would agree to send her away.

A part of Evelyn’s heart wished that her uncle would refuse.

She didn’t know that uncle and aunt (Gianna and Cooper). Regardless of how she was living in her aunt’s house, she was still safe. Even if her cousins bullied her sometimes, she still got something to eat even though not enough to fill her stomach.

And her aunt and uncle were her only blood relatives after her father and mother.

Evelyn stood near the room and opened the door slightly. She could hear very clearly what her aunt and uncle were talking about.

"What?! They want to take Evelyn away?"

Bentley who had been explained everything by his wife said in shock.

"Yes."

May said with not so a good expression on her face.

She was still feeling upset that it was not one of her daughters in Evelyn’s place. Bentley frowned and then said

"We can’t send Evelyn away. The tribe people will talk. They already say that we don’t treat Evelyn well. It is because of you."

When Bentley remembered the kind of whispers he would hear while stepping out of the hut, he felt his heart getting filled with anger and almost shouted at his wife.

Under his glare, May didn’t feel afraid. She put her hand on her fat waist and said suddenly

"Then what I am supposed to do with her? You speak as if you treat her very well. After planning to kill her father and mother, do you plan to treat the child well? It won’t wash away the sins. Bentley doesn’t tell me that your heart is suddenly turning white."

Bentley’s face went black when he heard his wife’s words.

"You...shut up."

He almost raised his hand to slap her but May caught his hand and both of them started fighting.

Evelyn who was standing near the door was shocked to hear everything.

Her face was pale and her small body was trembling. She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder and flinched loudly.

The next moment, she turned around and stuck her body against the wall.

"Evelyn..."

Gianna whispered softly as she looked at the scared girl.

Evelyn didn’t give any response. Her lips were trembling and her eyes were filled with tears. She couldn’t believe it.

Her uncle and aunt killed her father and mother.

They killed her parents.

How could they do it?!

Gianna sighed as she picked up the girl in her arms and then brought her out of the yard.

After a few moments, they were sitting outside the hut on a cot. Gianna was patting Evelyn’s back who had not stopped crying.

Gianna herself was shocked but she was not surprised.

She could guess why May and Bentley did that. It was for the position of the head of the tribe.

Still killing someone was a vicious sin that they could never be forgiven for.

However...Gianna looked at Evelyn and she suddenly felt that whatever happened was good ...at least good for her family especially her son.

It was after a long time that Evelyn stopped crying.

Gianna didn’t say anything. She just continued to pat her back as she was lost in her own thoughts. But Evelyn looked at her face and suddenly felt like crying more.

No one had ever tried to comfort her like this.

Gianna seemed to be the mother to her that she had always wanted to have.

On the other hand, May and Bentley had finished their talk and stepped out of their room.

Gianna also went inside the hut with Evelyn and her husband.

Bentley frowned when he looked at Evelyn who was holding Gianna’s hand.

"Evelyn, come here."

His voice was not like as if he was talking to a child. It was rude. Evelyn was scared but she didn’t want to go to him. She held Gianna’s hand tightly.

Gianna smiled when she felt this and said to Bentley.

"We can also talk like this."

Bentley knew that if he insisted that he would look unreasonable so he just continued with the matter.

"I heard that you want to take Evelyn away. But I can’t allow that ...at least not without Evelyn’s wish. She is just a child."

Bentley had been told by May that she had betrothal papers signed by Layla. It meant that he couldn’t stop Gianna even if he said ’no’. According to the rules, Gianna and her family had the right to Evelyn after Layla and Silas’ death.

That’s why he was using Evelyn’s consent to stop them.

Gianna, however, smiled and said

"That’s also right. Then why don’t we ask what Evelyn wants?"

Saying this, Gianna looked down at Evelyn and asked gently

"Evelyn, do you want to come with me to my home?"

Evelyn was silent as she looked at Gianna and then at her uncle and aunt.

Bentley thought that Evelyn would never say ’yes’. She was a child and a child would never feel comfortable with leaving his home regardless of how it was.

Even May wished that Evelyn wouldn’t leave. Because she had suddenly realized that she would lose a very good maid if Evelyn left. Even though she was still a child, she could be used very well once she grew up.

And she didn’t want the dead girl to have a good future.

Thinking this, May glared at Evelyn as if daring her to say ’yes’.

However, what Evelyn said was still against May’s wishes.

"Yes"

Evelyn lowered her head and said but her voice could be heard by everyone.

Gianna smiled happily and said

"So that settles everything."