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.

and their relationship was more family than anything else. In particular, Grace had been best friends with Sonia’s mother. As far as Sonia was concerned, Grace was like a second mother to her, having taken care of her

Charles and Sonia pulled up

the house looked the same as

the car pulling up. Her eyes lit up at the sight of Sonia, and she approached the

Lane,” Sonia greeted with a

side and drawled sarcastically, “Don’t mind me, Mom. I’m just your biological son, is

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

the remark. “No,

“Your face is all cheekbones

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

Sonia placated. “Alright, that’s enough fretting, Mrs. Lane.

of course. Come along, then.” Grace took her by the hand and led her into

that there was no one else at home but them,

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, she had

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

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 for you and gotten

bit into an apple.

that she had kept mum about her abusive marriage wounded him, and the rage he felt never went away. That being said, he was less angry with her than he was pitiful of

Charles and Grace’s outward concern, Sonia felt warmth course through her. Tears pricked her eyes as she said, “I didn’t want to make you worry

 

to 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

am I going to do with you?” Grace gently prodded the younger girl’s forehead and heaved a

was frustrated, but she smiled good-naturedly as she wrapped the latter’s

gesture and smoothed

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

her thoughts, and her eyes lit up with panic. She rose to her feet in a flurry and exclaimed, “Oh,

toward the kitchen to salvage the chowder simmering in the pot, and thankfully, she made it in time to keep the chowder from

glasses of juice over to Sonia and said, “Here you go, Sonia. Have some juice

Mrs. Lane.” Sonia nodded with a warm

a look. “Come and help me out

he had just heard as he pointed at

or not?” Grace’s face was dark as she

did not dare reject her. Resigned, he stood up and mumbled disgruntledly,

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