Chapter 29

“Bu… I strowly gave Yow’s twoday in Ave

Yvonne bed traded

al

She was too young and now soft–wanted. And now, the was completely caught in the middle

She didn’t want to be water, how she aller Board no pavare fowers left to five

Before Victor had arrived, fan had already sweat talked her care of all three prated plants

Now Victor wanted one too, and the had nothing left to offer.

Behind her, Lan noticed her hestation. His comuch tightened

Oh no. The kid is wavering he thought,

Without thinking, he took a step forward, grabbed Victor’s arm, and yanked him back.

“Yvonne already promised them to me, lan declared. I’m taking them to my sister. You’re out of luck.

Victor scoffed and brushed lan’s hand of “Yeah, I don’t think so. My grandfather’s birthday is in two days. These flowers are mine

“Not my problem. You showed up late, fan accused.

They weren’t getting anywhere. Both men turned to Yvonne again

“You decide, Ian said, arms crowed.

Yvonne looked between them, her big eyes full of hesitation.

“What? M–me?” she squeaked.

Too much. This is way too much pressure, she thought.

Yvonne clung to the doorframe, her face filled with despair.

blinked her big, round eyes, staring at them for a

up with tears, and with a wail of pure hopelessness, she spun around and

teary voice echoed in their ears as she ran off. I’m telling Dadr

are so terrifying she

running for her life, the

the laughter faded, they exchanged glances and

you know my sister’s been struggling these past couple of years. This flower’s scent helps with. swings. I need

pointing to one of the orchids. “And my grandfather? His birthday’s coming up. He’s

at the orchid.

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That pot

was thriving far better than the other

it blossomed,

hesitated, unwilling to part with it.

take the other two. I’ll

tonight and keep arguing. Plenty

another bouquet for him tomorrow. That

Ian finally

a hand on his

friendship remained unchanged.

and said, “Alright, what

cars, with Ian even requesting a sealed bag from the Adler staff to keep the flowers‘ scent

minutes later, Yvonne peeked back

The room felt emptier without them,

bothering me anymore, I can live with it,‘ she

Yvonne and

all your flowers,” she said with a

and pulled

you still want to grow

much Yvonne loved tending to flowers–so much so that her plants thrived even better than those grown by professionals.

held Reena’s hand. “Let’s

they reached the front door, they

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