Chapter 9

The Parrish’s villa was still brightly lit.

Everyone in the villa was laughing happily.

The next morning, the bells pealed through the sky.

The wedding of Kyla and Antonio officially began.

My mom, Aileen Parrish, and my dad, Samuel Parrish, were beaming. There was a fresh rose adorning their tailored dress and suit.

Naomi was discussing with the bridesmaids where to hide the wedding shoes to make it hard for Antonio to find them.

Aileen looked around but didn’t see Grace.

Frowning, she asked Naomi, “Naomi, where’s Grace? The wedding is about to begin. Is she gonna be late for Kyla’s wedding? Where are her manners?”

Naomi replied, “Perhaps she doesn’t wanna see Antonio marry Kyla. You know she’s had a crush on him for years.”

Aileen became even more displeased.

“Rosalind, tell Grace to come out. If she’s not here, people may point fingers at us, especially Kyla, again.”

The servant, Rosalind Watkins, nodded. As she was about to leave, Naomi stopped her.

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“Antonio is gonna be here soon. Go and help set up the garden; I’ll go tell Grace to come out.”

After a pause, she asked, “Which room is Grace’s?”

storage room,” Rosalind answered.

“What?”

Naomi, was

would Grace live in the

return back that year was so sudden that no room had

this “temporary” arrangement lasted for

prepare a room for her later, but then I forgot. Why didn’t she remind me? I’m her mom.

expensive yarn, said while

No matter what, it beats being homeless, right? I think she’s

she heard Kyla’s words, but she said

to the storage room at the end

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she was almost

stepped back

in. The small, dark storage room was almost entirely filled with

to a row of shelves packed

a thin wooden

big water tank with a lid, on which placed a worn–out desk lamp, a diary, and

all Grace’s belongings after years

word; she even forgot to

did she know that Grace, her own sister, was living in such a

Parrish’s villa, the place where the Parrish

was so small; she didn’t have to look

Grace

found it

to the water tank,

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