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.

had been best friends with Sonia’s mother. As far as Sonia

wasn’t long before Charles and Sonia pulled

had dropped by in six years, though she noted that the house looked the same as it had before. As such, she did not feel out

heard the sound of the car pulling up. Her eyes lit up at the sight

Lane,” Sonia greeted with

drawled sarcastically, “Don’t mind me, Mom. I’m just

see you every day, and believe me when I say I’m getting tired of it. My attention is on Sonia now. Come

by the remark. “No, I

have,” Grace insisted. “Your

all my baby fat, so now

placated. “Alright, that’s enough fretting, Mrs. Lane. Shall we head into

took her by the hand and

Sonia noted that there was no one else at home but them,

golfing with his buddies. No matter. Sonia, why don’t you tell me how you‘ve been for the past six years.” Ever since Grace watched the press conference,

began to detail the life she had had with the Fullers, though she kept it

when she heard the last of the story. She slapped the edge of the coffee table in a physical show of frustration and snapped, “I knew those Fullers were rotten! You should have told us how badly they were treating you, Sonia. If you had told us, then we would have stood up

bit into an

fact that she had kept mum about her abusive marriage wounded him, and the rage he felt never went away. That being said,

her. Tears pricked her

 

a family was 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

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

knew that Grace was frustrated, but she smiled good-naturedly as she wrapped the latter’s arm like an affectionate

this gesture and

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

up with panic. She rose

second longer, she rushed toward the kitchen to salvage the chowder simmering in the pot, and thankfully, 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

Sonia nodded with

and help me

as he pointed at his nose. “Are you serious, Mom? What could I

or not?” Grace’s face

dare reject her. Resigned, he stood up and mumbled disgruntledly, “Okay, I’m

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