This Time, I Will Get My Divorce, Mr

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.

“Well, you could come over for a meal right now if you have the time. I’ll bust out a 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.”

Mrs. Lane. We’ll go over to your

soon!” Grace chortled happily, elated that the younger

the call ended, Charles put his phone away and gave Sonia a resigned look. “Well, it looks like we’re going to have

probably go and pick out gifts for your parents.” With that, she linked

an elegant cloak for Grace and a tasteful necktie for Curtis. Then,

with the Reeds, and their relationship was more family than anything else. In particular, Grace had been best friends with Sonia’s mother. As far as Sonia was concerned, Grace was like a second mother to her,

wasn’t long before Charles and Sonia pulled up in front of

though she noted that the house looked the same as it had before. As such, she did not feel out of place at all and rather felt a warm

to greet her guest when she heard the sound of the car pulling

Lane,” Sonia greeted with a

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

on Sonia now. Come here, Sonia,

amused by the remark. “No, I haven’t, Mrs.

have,” Grace insisted. “Your face is

lost all my baby fat, so now I appear a little more slender than usual,” Sonia placated. “Alright, that’s enough

then.” Grace took her by the hand and led her into

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

six years.” Ever since

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

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 told us, then we would

into an apple. “That’s what I told

him, and the rage he felt never went away. That being said, he was

the sight of Charles and Grace’s outward concern, Sonia felt warmth course through her. Tears pricked her eyes as she said, “I didn’t want to make

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

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

good-naturedly as

and smoothed Sonia’s hair with

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

up with panic. She rose to her feet in a flurry and exclaimed, “Oh, no! My

kitchen to salvage the chowder simmering in the pot, and thankfully,

was saved, she brought two tall glasses of juice over to Sonia and said, “Here you go, Sonia. Have some juice while you watch a bit of television; I’ll be in the kitchen whipping up a

nodded with a warm

and help me out in the

out?” Charles blinked. He could hardly believe what he had just heard as he

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