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,

it. “Why would Grace

so sudden that no room had

lasted for twelve years.

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

dressed in a custom–made wedding dress and wearing a veil made of expensive yarn, said while sitting steadily on the

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

something off as she heard Kyla’s words, but she

storage room at the end

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door, she was almost

back right

dark storage room was almost

to a row of shelves packed

a thin wooden board placed

board was a big water tank with a lid, on which

Grace’s belongings after years of living

even utter a word; she even

sister, was living

where the Parrish family lived, Grace’s home!

she didn’t have to look

Grace

found it

the water tank, which

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called out to Aileen and

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