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?”

including Naomi, was stunned.

Grace live in

her head. “Her return back that year was so sudden that no room had been prepared for her. Mrs. Parrish

this “temporary” arrangement lasted for twelve years.

a room for her later, but then I forgot. Why didn’t she

made of expensive yarn, said while sitting steadily

is big enough for her. No matter what, it beats being

as she heard Kyla’s words, but she said

she walked to the storage room at

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was almost choked

stepped back right away.

small, dark storage room was almost entirely filled with

to a row of

a bed; it was just a thin wooden board placed on a

which placed a worn–out desk lamp, a

after years of living

so shocked that she couldn’t even utter a word; she even

sister, was living in

was the Parrish’s villa, the place where the Parrish family lived, Grace’s home!

to look around to know Grace wasn’t

Grace

it odd.

to the water tank,

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she called out

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