“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.”

offer, Mrs. Lane. We’ll go over

chortled happily, elated that

ended, Charles put his phone away and gave Sonia a resigned look. “Well, it looks

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

boutiques in the mall, they finally picked out an elegant cloak for Grace and a tasteful necktie for

been best friends with Sonia’s mother.

Sonia pulled up in

in six years, 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 sense of

car pulling

Sonia greeted with a bright

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

attention is on Sonia now. Come here, Sonia, let me take a good look at you!” She clasped

the remark. “No, I haven’t,

“Your face is

more slender than usual,” Sonia placated. “Alright, that’s enough fretting, Mrs. Lane. Shall

course. Come along, then.” Grace took her by

the villa, Sonia noted that there was no one else at home but

golfing with his 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,

with a nod and began to detail the life she had had with the Fullers, though she kept it brief to

table in a physical show of frustration and snapped, “I knew those Fullers were

he bit into an apple. “That’s

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

Tears pricked her eyes as she said, “I didn’t want to

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 would rather give them a peace of mind than have them resent her in the long

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

good-naturedly as she wrapped the

this gesture and smoothed Sonia’s hair with

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

her thoughts, and her eyes lit up with panic. She rose to her feet in a flurry

longer, she rushed toward the kitchen to salvage the chowder simmering in the pot, and thankfully, she made

juice while you watch a bit of television; I’ll be in the kitchen whipping up a couple more dishes, and we can

Lane.” Sonia nodded with a warm

and help me out in

hardly believe what he had just heard as he pointed at his

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