Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

"Why?"

His voice was a bit rough, not the clear tone you'd expect from someone his age.

Why were they taking him away?

"Hey there, I'm Fiona." She gave him a friendly smile. "I'm a friend of your brother's."

A friend of his brother...

That stung Tyler deep.

A friend of his brother.

"Oh! So you're pals with a murderer, huh?"

The other kids finally pieced it together and sneered.

They thought she was someone important, but she was just friends with Tyler's murderer brother!

"Shut up!"

The headmaster nearly jumped out of his skin, quickly reprimanding them.

Did these clueless kids have any idea what they were saying?

Was this someone they could just badmouth?

"Tyler, your brother and us, we're tight. He specifically asked us to look out for you," Mikey said, trying his best to sound gentle. "Go pack your stuff and come with us." Tyler stared back at them, not saying a word.noveldrama

The sky was gloomy and overcast, making him look even more lifeless.

He was at the age where he should be full of life, yet his eyes seemed as weary as those of an old man, carrying a heavy air of despair.

"Tyler, I'm talking to you, answer me already."

Mr. Garcia was getting impatient, urging him on.

He was more anxious than Tyler.

But Tyler just stood there, injured and all, standing tall.

"I don't want to."

He finally spoke, coldly throwing out those three words. After that, he didn't care about anyone's reaction and just walked away.

Dark clouds seemed to hang over him, refusing to clear.

Fiona's eyebrows knitted together, her lips pressed into a tight line.

Mikey was taken aback too.

He never expected Tyler to say no.

Was this kid out of his mind?

Did the earlier beating mess him up?

Life at the sanatorium couldn't possibly be better than being with them.

Even a fool would know what to choose, yet he still said no.

The headmaster knew Tyler's temperament, so Tyler's refusal didn't surprise him much.

This kid was hard to handle, not very social, and often picked on because of his brother. He was more worried about upsetting these two.

He quickly plastered on a smile: "Tyler's just a bit hard to manage you know. If you're looking for a servant, we've got plenty of good candidates here, some even@rained in taekwondo!" en

He didn't know Fiona and Tyler's relationship, thinking they were just here to hire some male servants.

"Alright, alright, enough with the chatter!"

Mikey waved him off impatiently. A headmaster, and he couldn't stop talking.

So annoying.

"Boss, if Tyler doesn't want to come with us, what's the plan?"

Why was he so stubborn!

Fiona watched Tyler walk away, taking a deep breath. The kid had been through a lot at the sanatorium, and his emotional wounds weren't going to heal overnight.

"Boss, why don't we just cut the talk and grab him?"

Mikey thought his idea was brilliant

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Fiona shot him a look like he was crazy.

Kidnap him?

Did he think people were just sacks you could carry off?