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.

Reeds, 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

and Sonia pulled up in front of the Lane

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

of the house to greet her guest when she heard the sound of the car pulling up. Her eyes lit up at the sight of Sonia,

Sonia greeted with a bright

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

her eyes as 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. Come here, Sonia, let me take a good look at you!” She clasped Sonia’s hands in hers and slowly spun her around, then concluded plaintively, “You’ve

the remark.

insisted. “Your face is all

fat, so now I

fretting, Mrs. Lane. Shall we

her by the hand and led

noted that there was no one else at home but them, and she couldn’t help but ask, “Is Mr.

you tell me how you‘ve been for the past six years.” Ever since Grace watched the press conference, she had

with a nod and began to detail the life she had had with

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

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

he felt never went away. That being said, he was less angry with her than

outward concern, Sonia felt warmth course through her. Tears pricked her eyes as

 

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

to do with you?” Grace gently prodded

smiled good-naturedly as

this gesture and smoothed Sonia’s hair with motherly

air curiously. “Mom, what do you have on the stove? I

up with panic. She rose to

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

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 whipping up a couple more dishes, and we

Lane.” Sonia nodded with

look. “Come and help

as

coming or not?” Grace’s face was dark as she

reject her. Resigned, he

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