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

“What?”

including Naomi, was stunned.

didn’t get it. “Why would Grace live in the

no room had been prepared

“temporary” arrangement lasted

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

custom–made wedding dress and wearing a veil made of expensive yarn, said while sitting steadily on the bed with a Simmons

is big enough for her. No matter what, it beats being homeless, right? I think she’s fine living in the storage room.”

something off as she heard Kyla’s words,

she walked to the storage room at the end of

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she was almost choked by the heavy

stepped back right

dark storage room was almost entirely filled

was next to a row of

a bed; it was just a thin wooden board placed on a few buckets.

a lid, on which placed a worn–out

after years of living

was so shocked that she couldn’t even utter a word; she even forgot to continue to cover

her own sister, was

place where the Parrish family lived,

so small; she didn’t have to look around to know Grace wasn’t

was Grace then?

it odd.

to the water tank, which was probably Grace’s

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she called out

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