Chapter 1045: Chapter 539: Extra Story: Her Life Has Become Meaningful
Alice Robinson held Rachel and immediately went downstairs.
While Rachel was indulging herself in the dining room under the servant’s care, Alice leaned against the sofa in the hall, looking despondent.
Aunt PA walked over at some point, interrupting her thoughts, "Miss."
Alice snapped back, "Huh?"
Aunt PA said, "You didn’t eat anything at noon either, do you want something to eat?"
Alice shook her head, "I’m not hungry."
Aunt PA bit her lip, "Mr. Robinson treating you like this is really too much..."
Alice didn’t answer. After a long pause, she calmly said to Aunt PA, "Aunt PA, I want to move out of here."
"Ah?"
"This home is no longer my former home..."
"But..."
"Aunt PA..." Alice reached out and held Aunt PA’s hand, "I don’t want to stay here anymore; I don’t want to run into him again..."
"But if you leave here, where can you go? Besides, all the Robinson family’s money is now controlled by Mr. Robinson. How will you live after leaving?"
"I can rent a place in Paris and then find a job..."
"But..." Aunt PA hesitated, "Miss, you seem to have never worked outside before. How about we ask Mr. Robinson to give you the thirty percent assets you own, and then we can move out, okay?"
"I don’t want to wait anymore..." Tears welled up in Alice’s reddening eyes as she choked, "Sooner or later, I have to learn to stand on my own in this society, without relying on my family... I hope this will be the last time I cry."
That night, Alice moved out of the Robinson mansion.
Before leaving, Alice didn’t fantasize that he would care, and facts proved he indeed did not care.
A few days after she moved out of the Robinson family home, she got news from the Robinson’s servant that he left Paris the next day and went to New York.
Obviously, her departure had no effect on him whatsoever.
She wasn’t sad, nor was she upset, because she had long known it would end this way.
Fortunately, she didn’t let herself sink unfettered.
Two months later.
She took a taxi from the hotel where she worked back to her apartment.
After leaving the Robinson home, she found this apartment from a rental ad in the newspaper.
The apartment naturally couldn’t compare to the luxury of the Robinson home, but it was peaceful and elegant, so she paid two years’ rent to live here.
During the day, she stayed home with Rachel; at night, she would go to the five-star hotel where she had been working for over half a month to play the piano.
Talking about this job, it’s truly not easy.
At the time when she just moved out of the Robinson home, she was at a loss, not knowing how she could stand on her own in this society. The only thing she knew was that she had to find a job to truly become independent and strong and not be a parasite of society.
For more than a month, she tried applying for various jobs.
Because she had no work experience, even though she had a degree, companies rejected her.
Later, she considered the service industry. Although this industry had some threshold to get in, unfortunately, it was too exhausting and left almost no time for her to be with Rachel, so she started looking for work that only required evening hours.
Eventually, she found a job she is currently very satisfied with. The work isn’t very tiring, and it leaves plenty of time at home — a pianist.
She had been practicing piano since childhood, so she was confident when applying as a pianist. As expected, the manager of this five-star hotel accepted her, allowing her to become a capable employee of the hotel.
Her job was to play the piano every night in the lobby for hotel guests entering and exiting.
The hotel created this position to foster an elegant environment.
She was very grateful to have landed this job because, at least for now, she is quite satisfied with her work.
"Rachel, come hug mommy, mommy has to go to work now. You have to be good and listen to Aunt PA at home, okay!"
At six thirty in the evening, Alice kissed Rachel, reluctantly saying goodbye to her daughter.
Rachel obediently nodded, the little girl, whose speech was growing more fluent, seriously commanded, "Mommy, you have to come back early..."
"Mm, come, give mommy a kiss."
After Rachel gave her a smacking kiss on the cheek, Alice happily waved goodbye to Rachel, turned away from home, and left Rachel with Aunt PA, who had moved out with her from the Robinson home.
At seven o’clock in the evening, wearing a white evening gown, Alice sat on time in front of the piano in the lobby.
She really liked the environment here, so working until ten did not feel tiring. Sometimes, while playing the piano, she felt her heart could calm down.
