Chapter 20

“Thanks. I’m doing great. If you have time, you can come here and visit. There’s a beautiful sea here and an active volcano that may erupt at any time. I wake up at sunrise and rest with sunset. I’m happy.”

Grace put down the brush and replied to Violet.

To her surprise, despite the twelve–hour time difference, Violet texted back right away, “That’s great. I’m so happy for you. I just wanna check on you and let you know they’re all looking for you. Well, enjoy your life. You don’t have to reply to this message.”

After all, the more they texted each other, the more possible Grace might be exposed.

Now that Grace had started a new chapter of her life, she shouldn’t be haunted by anything related to her past.

Violet believed so.

Grace smiled knowingly as she read Violet’s message.

Of course, she understood Violet’s good intentions by saying she didn’t need to reply.

She was in Pine Prison for seven years. If it weren’t for Violet, she would have been dead by now.

She remembered that Violet was demoted to Pine Prison.

They were both let down by life and found solace in each

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kindness when the other needed it

didn’t tell me you were such a

Clayton, her landlord, came up to the roof to dry some fruit and

Grace wasn’t being modest; she

after she came back to the Parrish’s

nice. See? The sky and the sea are so beautiful. If you have time, why don’t you paint one for me?

loss when facing

a new life. Don’t be haunted by your

sincerely, stroking Grace’s hair with her

smelt a faint, warm chamomile scent.

an essential oil

in her fifties, Grace suddenly felt a lump in

though she had never cried after years of unbearable pain both physically

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put the kettle on. I’ve got

smiled brightly, not noticing the

eat together tonight. And shall we

She didn’t cry.

and everything here was so unfamiliar to her. The fact that she met kind people like Mary and Andy right after she got here probably meant she was about to get lucky.

words indeed struck a chord with her.

she shouldn’t be haunted by her past.

the landscape painting, she decided to

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