Chapter 407

Tricia stood there, laughing her head off, and told her.

“Neil is giving me twenty percent of the shares, and you must manage the Penny feather group. I just sit back and collect money. You didn’t see that coming, did you? You’ve been played. Pretty pathetic. Decades of companionship can’t beat blood ties.”

“Maja, no one talks about you, including lan.”

Maja didn’t give her the time of day and just drove off.

She looked at Tricia in the rearview mirror, knowing that, in this moment, Tricia had totally won.

Tricia was right. She’d been used.

But the debt of raising her and Lillian’s kindness left her speechless.

On the drive back to RosenGarden, she got a phone call.

“Ms. Pennyfeather, hello, there’s a gift from a few years back that was specifically meant to be delivered today. Can I get your address? I’ll send someone over tight away.”

A gift from a few years ago?

then went

an hour later, a gift box arrived.

signed for it and closed the

was wooden and

living off this. Some rich folks even sent stuff to their future selves, like a time capsule.

she never sent anything to herself.

at the combination lock, guessed and entered her

was a notebook, a letter, and

you for every birthday, but I couldn’t make it. Are you crying by the lake again? You must have looked for me at Solstice College, and cursed me for being a liar. I promised you once you got into Solstice College, I’d be your boyfriend. But now I might be dust in someplace. Don’t be sad for me. I’ve just become every drop of rain that accompanies you. Accept this ring, don’t worry. It’s not an engagement ring, just a birthday gift. You’re probably married by now. I hope you have a wonderful marriage and a husband who adores you. Maja, across six years

the sight of the handwriting, and the letter fell to the

again

she opened the notebook.

blank. Only a small chip was stuck on a piece of paper in the middle, the

didn’t know what the chip was

realized her cheeks were

rather he abandoned her, not like he said, turned to dust somewhere.

still

many heartbreaking things today which made her

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