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.

felt the tug of sleep. Clutching the phone, she let her eyes close and drifted off.

happy as she claimed. She was interrupted by the shout of the

package

to the

from Gwendolyn

been

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

was a stack of photos this

སྐྱེ ཏྱཾ ༀ རྟྲྀ ད ད

out, one by one. Her hands began

like her heart was breaking. Her Gwendolyn wasn’t

sent these? And

didn’t recognize was on the return address. With shaky

woman on the other end spewed threats and insults. Overwhelmed, Nicolette

and Candy’s acupuncture

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