“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.”

the offer, Mrs. Lane. We’ll go over to your place

See you soon!” Grace chortled happily, elated that the

a resigned look. “Well, it looks like we’re going to have to give

anyway. Now, we should probably go and pick out gifts for

made their rounds through the boutiques in the mall, they finally picked out an elegant cloak for

In particular, Grace had been best friends with Sonia’s mother. As far as Sonia

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

she noted that the house looked the same as it had before. As such, she did not feel out of place at

the car pulling up. Her

greeted

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

My attention is on Sonia now. Come here, Sonia, let me take

was somewhat amused by the remark. “No, I

“Your face is all

baby fat, so now I appear a little more slender than usual,” Sonia

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

at home

buddies. No matter. Sonia, why don’t you tell me how you’ve been for the past six years.” Ever since Grace watched the press conference, she had

and began to detail the life she had had with

she heard 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 told us, then we would have

an

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

Tears

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,

to do with you?” Grace gently

knew that Grace was frustrated, but she smiled good-naturedly as she

gesture and smoothed

Charles frowned as he sniffed the air curiously. “Mom, what do you have on the

her thoughts, and her eyes lit up with panic.

to salvage the chowder simmering in the

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 couple more dishes, and we

nodded with a

shot Charles a look. “Come and help me out

as he pointed at his nose. “Are you serious, Mom?

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