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.

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

long before Charles and Sonia pulled up in front of the Lane

as it had before. As such, she

car pulling up. Her eyes lit up at the sight

Sonia greeted with a bright

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

Sonia now. Come here, Sonia, let me take a good look at you!” She clasped Sonia’s

the remark. “No, I haven’t, Mrs.

insisted. “Your face is

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

that’s enough fretting, Mrs.

Grace took her by the hand and

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

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

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

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

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

sight of Charles and Grace’s outward concern, Sonia felt warmth course through her. Tears pricked her eyes as 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

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

but she smiled good-naturedly

gesture and smoothed Sonia’s

“Mom,

panic.

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 while you watch a bit

Lane.” Sonia nodded with a warm

“Come and help me out

Charles blinked. He could hardly believe what he had just heard as he pointed at his nose. “Are you serious, Mom? What

Grace’s face

her. Resigned, he stood up

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