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.

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

Charles and Sonia pulled up in front of the

same as it had before. As such, she did not feel out of place at

out 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, and

Sonia greeted with a bright

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

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

the remark. “No, I haven’t,

insisted. “Your face is all

lost all my baby fat, so now I appear a

Mrs.

Come along, then.” Grace took her by the

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

the past six years.” Ever since Grace watched the

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

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

agreed as he bit into an apple. “That’s what I

about her abusive marriage wounded him, and the rage he felt never went away. That

course through her. Tears pricked her eyes as she said, “I didn’t

 

and the closest thing she had 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 would only grow to become an unnecessary burden for them. She would rather give them a peace of mind

Grace gently prodded the younger girl’s

Grace was frustrated, but she smiled good-naturedly as she

softened at this gesture and smoothed Sonia’s

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

thoughts, and her eyes lit up with panic. She rose to

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

that the chowder was saved, she brought two tall glasses of juice over to Sonia and said, “Here you go, Sonia. Have some juice while you

nodded with a

Charles a look. “Come and help me out

as he pointed at his nose.

Grace’s face was dark as she

her. Resigned,

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