Chapter 103

“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.

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.”

Sonia interjected, “Thank you for the offer, Mrs. Lane. We’ll go over to your place in a bit!”

“Oh, please, no need for the formalities. See you soon!” Grace chortled happily, elated that the younger girl had agreed to drop by for a meal.

When the call ended, Charles put his phone away and gave Sonia a resigned look. “Well, it looks like we’re going to have to give the seafood restaurant a miss.”

“It’s fine; there’s always next time, anyway. Now, we should probably go and pick out gifts for your parents.” With that, she linked arms with him and led him toward the car.

After they made their rounds through the boutiques in the mall, they finally picked out an elegant cloak for Grace and a tasteful necktie for Curtis. Then, they made their way to the Lane Residence.

friends with Sonia’s mother. As far as Sonia was concerned, Grace was like a second mother to her, having taken care of her ever since her mother’s

Charles and Sonia pulled up in

the first time Sonia had dropped by 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 up. Her eyes lit up

Sonia greeted with

drawled sarcastically, “Don’t

me when I say I’m getting tired of it. My attention is on Sonia now. Come here, Sonia, let me take a good look at you!” She clasped

somewhat amused by the remark. “No, I

“Your face is

so now I appear a little

Sonia placated. “Alright, that’s enough fretting, Mrs. Lane. Shall we head

her by the

else at home

been for the past six years.” Ever since Grace watched the press conference, she

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

She slapped the edge of the coffee table in a physical show of frustration and snapped, “I knew those Fullers were rotten! You should have told us how badly they were treating you, Sonia.

an apple.

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

felt warmth course through her. Tears pricked her eyes as she said, “I didn’t want to make you worry over

her throughout her marriage to Toby, but they couldn’t

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

frustrated, but she smiled good-naturedly as she wrapped the latter’s arm

and smoothed Sonia’s hair

then, Charles frowned as he sniffed the air curiously. “Mom, what do you have on the stove? I

her thoughts, and her eyes lit up with panic. She rose to her

a second longer, she rushed toward the kitchen to salvage the chowder simmering in the pot, and

and said, “Here you go, Sonia. Have some juice while you watch a bit of television; I’ll be in the kitchen whipping up a couple more dishes, and we can dig

Lane.” Sonia nodded with a warm

shot Charles a look. “Come and help me

hardly believe what he had just heard as he pointed at his nose. “Are you serious, Mom? What could

coming or not?” Grace’s face was dark as she

at this and did not dare reject her. Resigned, he stood up and mumbled disgruntledly, “Okay,

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