Chapter 205

That day, after Marilla managed to escape from Jareth’s arms, she couldn’t sleep a wink when she got home.

Her elbow was scraped raw from the fall, blood and pus oozing from the wound. The pain was so intense she gritted her teeth to keep from crying out.

Since she’d snuck out, she didn’t dare tell anyone. She found the first aid kit and patched herself up. Then she lay in bed and hugged her teddy bear, tossing and turning all night.

In her sleepless agony, she thought back on many past events.

She remembered being forced to eat lunch in the filthy bathroom

She remembered being hoisted up by boys at Edith’s command and thrown headfirst into a trash bin.

She remembered the dead rat in her backpack.

She remembered her favorite book being ripped to shreds by Edith and cast into the wind.

She remembered the piano in the music room.

These were nightmares she would never forget in her life.

Edith, Jareth.

So, was Jareth her brother? Really?

Tears streamed down Marilla’s frail face. She clutched the blankets tightly, crying silently into the night until dawn.

Marilla might have had some mental issues, but she was not an ignorant little girl.

Even if Jareth was Edith’s brother, he was still her savior. If it weren’t for his help, she might have died in that car accident.

So, in the afternoon, Marilla sneaked into the kitchen and made a blueberry mousse cake following an online recipe. She planned to ask Thaddeus to help deliver this token of gratitude to Jareth.

After the cake was done, she put it in the fridge, dusted off her hands with satisfaction, and headed back to her room.

The moment she pushed open the door, the smile on Marilla’s face froze and she recoiled in terror.

There sat Glynnis, legs crossed, arms folded, smirking at her.

The sight sent chills down her spine.

“You’re not mute, are you? You are just a little slow”

take you out tonight?” Glynnis suddenly flashed her a

be a bore.” Marilla

don’t want to come?

mockery. “I was just looking for an opportunity for us to bond. But if you’re not up for it, I won’t force

sauntered out the door.

a long sigh

bed and turned over her neatly arranged

bear, a gift from Evadne, was nowhere

bear, my teddy bear. Glynnis!”

foot

meant Glynnis must have

stumbled out the door

sat elegantly in the car,

teddy

at her sweaty sister in a teasing manner, and then waved the teddy bear

“Drive”

car’s engine filled the air as it sped

give me

cried out, but it was in

was taken away by a villain. Even the butter on the

me a car!” Marilla

she’d ever acted like a true lady of the Abernathy family, issuing orders.

Ms. Glynnis doesn’t allow you to go out at

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Glynnis boss you around but

butler turned pale and left to prepare

fell, and the city lights

few rich kids from Elmsworth. Her ladylike demeanor was

abroad in Aetheria right after middle school graduation,

school clique, each one of them

seen her

mom that Marilla’s got mental issues. That’s why Elspeth doesn’t let her out much.”

seemed so weird in middle

hey, that’s not nice.”

from her cigarette, exhaling a

she’s still

into

to the mocking laughter, a smug smile tugging at her lips.

door to

in, led by a waiter.

the room instantly, everyone looking at

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