Sean Quinn laughed. "Then you should definitely eat it."
'Because this will be the last cake you ever eat.'
"I really can't bring myself to eat it," Renee Jennings said in a low voice.
Sean Quinn felt this girl was more deprived of love than any he had ever met. She couldn't even bring herself to eat a simple cake.
'It's just as she said. A pretty face, but an ugly fate.'
'Fine, don't eat it then.'
He raised his wrist to look at the time. It was just past four, still a while before sunset.
Sean Quinn turned to the girl beside him. "Stella, tell me what's troubling you."
"My mother's behavior causes me so much pain." Renee Jennings lowered her head. "I'm her daughter, but she always sides with outsiders against me."
"She lost some money—my cousin stole it—but she blamed me... just because I bought a new phone." Renee Jennings covered her face with one hand, her voice choked with sobs. "There are so many other things like this... I just don't understand..."
