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.

than anything else. In particular, Grace had been best friends with Sonia’s mother. As far as

Sonia pulled up in

though she noted that the house looked the same as it had before. As such,

when she heard the sound of the car pulling up. Her eyes lit

greeted with

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

attention is on Sonia now. Come here, Sonia, let me take

amused by the

“Your

my baby fat, so

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

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

there was no one else at home but them, and

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

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

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 for you and gotten

into an apple.

marriage wounded him, and the rage he felt never

Tears pricked her eyes as she said, “I didn’t want to make

 

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

going to do with you?” Grace gently prodded the

but she smiled good-naturedly as she wrapped the latter’s arm like

softened at this gesture and smoothed

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

panic. She rose to her feet in a flurry and exclaimed,

salvage the chowder simmering in the pot, and thankfully, she made it

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

Mrs. Lane.” Sonia nodded

shot Charles a look. “Come and help

what he had just heard as he pointed at his nose. “Are

you coming or not?” Grace’s face

did not dare reject her. Resigned, he stood

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