Meet My Brothers by Red Thirteen

Chapter 26

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Timothy noticed that Mia ended up eating four pancakes, two slices of toast, and a bowl of cereal.

Did she always have such a hearty appetite?

Once breakfast was over, Laura abruptly held out an invitation. “Mia, I got you a spot as a contestant in this competition.”

Mia looked at the invitation. It was for the Fleur International Design Competition.

Startled, she asked Laura, “When did you do this, Grandma?”

“Well, you sent me some interior design sketches a while back, and I just so happened to hear about this competition, so I got you a spot,” Laura explained. “Give it a try. Mia. I think you’ll do a great job.”

Mia stared at the invitation with a look of melancholy. She considered joining this competition years ago, but after marrying into the Barrett family, she devoted all of her time and attention to Timothy. In doing so, she neglected all of her past interests.

Shelly strutted into the dining room and said casually, “Mia, that’s no ordinary competition. Considering how unskilled you are, you shouldn’t bother joining.

“You’ll just be embarrassing yourself. Don’t humiliate the entire Barrett family along with you.”

Laura immediately snapped, “Shelly, you didn’t even graduate from college, so keep quiet!”

Ashamed that her own failures had been exposed, Shelly ran off in anger.

She recalled that the Lanes were the ones who organized the competition, so she quickly called Maya.

in charge of the Fleur International

few things in the competition.

in the competition,” Shelly informed. “She’s so biased. You need to try and find a

cold. “That’s easy. Tomorrow’s the final day to register for the competition. I’ll tell

it be like to see the excited Mia being disappointed once she finds out the registration is over? It’s going to be

was smiling tauntingly

a play-by-play afterward,” Maya said before ending the

Mia, who came from a poor background, be worthy of competing

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Laura, Mia left the Barrett residence

was followed by

know how

days ago. She had asked him to get a spot in the competition for her, and he complied without giving it much

it to

anything about her, so she wasn’t surprised that he was unaware of her interest in interior

got your tongue,

her ear

“You’re lying.”

Mia retorted

at his tie as he complained over Mia’s audacity for the

the car. “If we don’t leave now, you might be late for work,

where the cab had left. “Do you think she’s been provoking me on purpose lately

pause, Heath responded