Chapter 1091: Chapter 1091: Forgotten
Hannah Winter died during a rainy season, with the endless drizzle seeming as though it wished to wash away all the bloodshed and chaos from this world.
She had neither relatives nor friends.
Her battered body turned into a handful of ashes. It wasn’t until the final day before the notice ended that a mysterious person claimed her remains and took them back to her hometown.
That person was Hayes Edwards.
They were all just unimportant characters, scattered pieces of a past, and conclusions told in a few words.
In the end, their lives were nothing more than a walk-on role in someone else’s story.
Hayes Edwards stopped in his tracks, his emotions fleeting in his eyes before he stepped back to Hannah’s side, "Hannah Winter, are you for real?"
Without waiting for an answer, he sighed, stretched lazily, and said indifferently, "Whatever, it’s not like it’s anything important, just forget it."
After all, she belonged to someone else now.
He felt somewhat desolate as he lamented again.
Suddenly regretting that he had been too slow to act.
When he was little, he really found Hannah Winter quite annoying, following him like a shadow every day, incessantly urging him to elope with her.
The only time he got so angry that he pushed the little shadow over, he was caught by his own mother and got a spanking.
After that, he disliked the little shadow even more.
He was young back then, and he could only roughly remember these things, which he put behind him even more after they moved houses.
Until that time when he saw her again...
Though she had changed a lot, he recognized her at first glance as the little shadow who used to follow him.
For some reason, though, she seemed to have forgotten about him.
But that was fine, better she didn’t remember.
Didn’t remember... Why couldn’t she remember?
Initially, he didn’t intend to dwell on this question, but the more it went on, the more troubled he became.
They knew each other first, so how could she fall for someone else!
She really was a promise-breaking little shadow!
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In the original story, there was no record of any interaction between the two.
Not until Hannah messed up the story, and Hayes Edwards chose to recall the past, did the plot automatically fill in the gaps.
Jin Lian had to search through it several times before turning around and recounting it to Hannah.
In the existing plot, Hayes Edwards did have a brief encounter with the original Hannah Winter after they grew up.
Back then, the original Hannah was the scandal-ridden "royal" of a talent show, and like in the plot, Hayes appeared on the show as a special guest.
Hayes recognized his childhood playmate at a glance, but felt disappointed after discovering that she didn’t remember him.
In subsequent encounters, whether through conversations with those around him or from information he gathered, he realized that Hannah Winter seemed very different from what he remembered.
The Hannah of his childhood was mischievous and boisterous, overly lively. In contrast, the grown-up Hannah had become introverted and weak, harboring a hundred thoughts yet hesitating to voice even one.
Hayes, still remembering their childhood bond, warned Hannah a few times that the people around her were just using her.
But Hannah, deeply ensnared in the tender traps of Jackie Qualls, refused to believe it, instead assuming that Hayes was deliberately stirring trouble and told Jackie about it.
Jackie Qualls, intent on paving the way for Tiffany Lynch, naturally wouldn’t let anyone ruin his plan.
Soon after, Hayes was hit with a scandal.
It wasn’t enough to force him out of the industry, but the damage was significant.
