Chapter 67

Perhaps Rena’s deception was so artfully executed that Eloise found herself believing it.

Following their dinner, Rena retreated to her room and retrieved a large box, from which she extracted a photo album.

Carefully opening its pages, a photograph of her mother during her youth graced its surface.

Rena caressed it gently, a touch filled with longing.

Her mother had passed away when she was merely ten years old.

A year later, her father married Eloise.

Rena could vividly recall the frequent quarrels between her father and Eloise during that time.

On one occasion, Eloise wept inconsolably and queried why her husband treated someone else’s child so well while refusing to let her bear their own child.

It was then that Rena discovered she was not Darren’s biological daughter.

Fearful of sudden abandonment, she would sometimes indulge in childish demands for a sibling whenever Darren and Eloise did not quarrel.

had

had loved Darren wholeheartedly and raised Rena

had shown immense kindness to

Eloise enduring a decade or more

photograph, prompting Rena to hastily wipe it away, ever so

Eloise observed this

softest of voices, Eloise spoke

to meet someone? Put on some appropriate attire

the photo album, returning it

her feet and changed

departing, an overwhelming urge compelled Rena to

unsettling feeling gripped

Join &

offered a faint smile and assured her that the person Vera had sought

him in high regard, which

gentle closing of the door, Rena leaned against it, her gaze

this time, dusk had already settled upon

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