Chapter 286 His Promise

Standing outside the courthouse, Sloane gazed up at the sky, lost in thought. After a long pause, she spoke, her voice tinged with melancholy. "When I returned home at twelve, I was full of hope.

"I believed that with the love of a father and mother, I would finally have a family, a place to call my own, and that my life would be filled with happiness from then on. But here I am, at twenty-two, ha