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.

drawled, flicking her freshly manicured nails. “You’re not mute, are you? You are just a

I take you out tonight?” Glynnis suddenly

fun. I’ll just be a bore.” Marilla replied

want to come?

her eyes filled with mockery. “I was just looking for an opportunity for us to bond. But if you’re not

she sauntered out the door.

out a long sigh and

her bed and turned over her neatly

teddy bear, a gift from Evadne, was nowhere to

my teddy bear.

knew that her sister would never set foot in her room unless

Glynnis must have taken

ar she stumbled

sat elegantly in the car, the butler

my teddy

stuck her tongue out at her sweaty sister in

“Drive”

engine filled the air as it sped past Marilla, disappearing

back, give me

cried out, but it was in vain

as her child was taken away by a villain. Even the butter on the

car!” Marilla ordered, her

ever acted like a true lady of the Abernathy family, issuing

Glynnis doesn’t allow you to go out at

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Frederic’s daughter! Why can Glynnis boss you around but I can’t? Now go!”

and left to prepare the car.

the city

few rich kids from Elmsworth. Her ladylike demeanor was completely gone, and she looked more like a

abroad in Aetheria right after middle school graduation, so she didn’t have many friends left in

and dolls were all from her middle school clique, each one of them

doing now. I haven’t seen her since graduation. For

Marilla’s got mental issues. That’s why Elspeth doesn’t let her

middle school. Turns out

that’s

drag from her cigarette, exhaling a smoke ring. “I think

she’s still nuts. Funny!”

burst into

mocking laughter, a

to the private room

in, led by a waiter.

the room instantly, everyone looking at each

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