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 stunned.

Grace live in the

that no room had been prepared for her. Mrs. Parrish said she could stay in

this “temporary” arrangement lasted

planned to prepare a room for her later, but then I forgot. Why didn’t she remind me? I’m her mom. Did she think I’d mistreat her? She’s nothing

of expensive yarn, said while sitting steadily on the bed

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

off as she heard

she walked to the storage room

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she was almost choked by the

stepped back right

dark storage room

bed was next to a row of shelves

was just a thin wooden board placed on a

which placed a worn–out desk lamp, a

all Grace’s belongings after years of

utter a word; she even

know that Grace, her own sister, was living in such

villa, the place where the

she didn’t have to look around to know Grace

Grace then?

found it odd.

walked to the water tank,

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out to Aileen and Samuel.

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