Chapter 103

“It’s not you I’m looking for; I want to speak to Sonia. Is she there with you?” Grace asked on the other line, prompting Charles to glance over at Sonia.

“She’s here,” he answered.

“Pass the phone to her.”

Having made a noise of agreement, Charles handed Sonia his phone while saying, “Here, it’s my mom.”

Sonia took the phone over and greeted pleasantly, “Mrs. Lane.”

 

“Sonia! I’ve missed you so much.” Grace beamed as soon as she heard Sonia’s voice on the other end of the call.

Sonia, on the other hand, smiled as well. “I’ve missed you, too, Mrs. Lane.”

 

“You could always drop by to see me, you know.” Grace pointed out, feigning dejection.

“Sorry, Mrs. Lane. I’ve been tied up with tons of stuff recently. I barely have time to breathe,” Sonia winced and said apologetically.

few of my best recipes for you,” Grace cajoled kindly.

Sonia was just about to say something when Charles-who had been eavesdropping

-spoke up instead. “Mom, I’m bringing my darling for seafood.”

Grace, however, was insistent as she countered, “You know how restaurants never run a quality check on their seafood supplies, and it’s not as if they could do better than me when it comes to cooking.”

Sonia interjected, “Thank you for the offer, Mrs. Lane. We’ll go over to your place in a bit!”

“Oh, please, no need for the formalities. See you soon!” Grace chortled happily, elated that the younger girl had agreed to drop by for a meal.

When the call ended, Charles put his phone away and gave Sonia a resigned look. “Well, it looks like we’re going to have to give the seafood restaurant a miss.”

“It’s fine; there’s always next time, anyway. Now, we should probably go and pick out gifts for your parents.” With that, she linked arms with him and led him toward the car.

After they made their rounds through the boutiques in the mall, they finally picked out an elegant cloak for Grace and a tasteful necktie for Curtis. Then, they made their way to the Lane Residence.

particular, Grace had been best friends with Sonia’s mother. As far

Sonia pulled up in front of the Lane

the house looked the same as it had before. As such, she did not feel out of

of the car pulling up. Her eyes lit

Sonia greeted with a

embraced, Charles stood by the side and drawled sarcastically, “Don’t mind

when I say I’m getting tired of it. My attention is on Sonia

was somewhat amused by the remark. “No,

have,” Grace insisted. “Your face is

because I’ve lost all my baby fat, so now I appear a little more

Mrs.

by the hand and led her

else at home but them, and she couldn’t help but ask, “Is Mr. Lane

why don’t you tell me how you‘ve been for the past six

had had with the Fullers, though she kept it brief to save Grace

those Fullers were rotten! You should have told us how badly they were treating you,

bit into an apple. “That’s what I told

abusive marriage wounded him, and the rage he felt never went away. That being said, he was less

course through her. Tears pricked her eyes as she said, “I didn’t

 

Grace and the rest of the Lanes. She might have been able to get them to stand up for her throughout her marriage to Toby, but they couldn’t come to her defense all the time. Besides, they weren’t actually related to her, which meant her troubles would only grow to become an unnecessary burden for them. She would rather give them a peace of mind than have

to do with you?” Grace gently prodded the younger girl’s forehead and

she smiled good-naturedly as

and smoothed Sonia’s

then, Charles frowned as he sniffed the air curiously. “Mom, what do you have on the

out of her thoughts, and her eyes lit up with panic. She rose to her feet in a flurry and

the kitchen to salvage the chowder simmering in the

the chowder was saved, she brought two tall glasses of juice over to Sonia and said, “Here you go, Sonia. Have some juice while you watch a bit of television; I’ll be in the kitchen

Sonia nodded with a

“Come and help me out in the

Charles blinked. He could hardly believe what he had just heard as he pointed at his nose. “Are you serious,

or not?” Grace’s face

her. Resigned, he stood up and mumbled

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