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.

close ties with the Reeds, and their relationship was more family than anything else. In particular, Grace had been best friends with Sonia’s mother. As

Sonia pulled up in front of the

six years, though she noted that the house looked the same as it had before. As such, she did not feel out of place at all and rather felt a warm sense

guest when she heard the sound of the car pulling up. Her eyes lit up at the sight of Sonia, and she approached the latter with her arms spread

greeted with a bright

stood by the side and drawled sarcastically, “Don’t mind me, Mom. I’m just your

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

by the remark. “No, I haven’t,

“Your

my baby fat, so now I appear a little more

Mrs. Lane. Shall we

Grace took her by

at home but them, and

the past six years.” Ever since Grace watched the press conference, she had been wanting to know all that had happened to

answered easily with a nod and began to detail the life she had had with the Fullers, though she kept it brief to save Grace the

knew those Fullers were rotten! You

agreed as he bit into an

wounded him, and the rage he felt never went away. That being said,

sight 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

 

marriage to Toby, but they couldn’t come to her defense all the time. Besides, they weren’t actually related to her,

gently prodded the

frustrated, but she smiled good-naturedly as she

this gesture and smoothed Sonia’s hair with

Charles frowned as he sniffed the air curiously. “Mom, what

of her thoughts, and her eyes lit up with panic. She

she rushed toward the kitchen to salvage the chowder simmering in the pot, and thankfully, she made it in

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

Lane.” Sonia nodded with a

look. “Come and help me out in the

out?” Charles blinked. He could hardly believe what he had just heard as he

Grace’s face was dark

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

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