Chapter 266

“Grandma, I’m missing you, Gwendolyn whispered into the phone, sniffling quietly, trying to hide the sound of her grief from Nicolette on the other end of the line.

“Oh, my silly girl, did something happen in Bayridge City? Is Howard treating you well? How is the Chadwick family with you?” Nicolette’s warm and loving voice crackled through the speaker.

Gwendolyn pressed her lips tight, tears rolling down her cheeks. Sickness has a way of softening even the sturdiest of souls.

“Grandma, Howard’s been great, and the Chadwick family is good to me. It’s just, um, I haven’t seen you in such a long time, Gwendolyn sniffled, her voice playful yet heavy with longing. Il visit as soon as I get a break.”

“As long as you’re happy, my old bones can rest easy. I always worried about you being alone, with no one to look after you” Nicolette sighed, her health declining and her years waning

“Grandma, you’ll live forever.”

“What would I do with all that time?”

The two chatted for half an hour before finally hanging up.

tug of sleep. Clutching the phone, she

happy as she claimed. She

you got a package from Bayridge

shuffling quickly to the door to collect her delivery.

something from Gwendolyn again. Your

been

envelope, seeing it wasn’t from Gwendolyn. She didn’t think much of it because

was a stack of photos this

ཥ ཟན སྐྱེ ཏྱཾ ༀ རྟྲྀ ད

Nicolette pulled them out, one by one. Her hands began to tremble, and her lips

she felt like her heart was breaking. Her Gwendolyn wasn’t doing well in Bayridge

sent these? And why?

the return address.

woman on the other end spewed threats and

day and Candy’s acupuncture session was at the

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