Chapter 205

Smiles appeared on everyone’s faces.

Mr. Snyder Sr. smiled. “Why didn’t you tell me you were back home?”

Felicity grinned. “I decided at the last minute to invite two of my friends over for lunch!”

When Mr. Snyder Sr. heard her response, he groaned. “You invited your friends to have lunch at the dining hall? What will they think of the Snyder family?”

Angelica sniffled, her heart racing a mile a minute.

The dishes they had at the dining hall were comparable to those served at a five-star hotel.

“Ru… Ruby… you’re back?”

Suddenly, an old woman whose hair had turned completely white reached a chapped hand out to touch Nash’s cheek, her lips fluttering as she spoke in a wizened voice that trembled.

Felicity hurried forward to hold the old lady back. “Grandma, this is Nash, my friend!” “Ruby… don’t get in the way of my Ruby…”

The old lady turned and clamped her teeth on Felicity’s shoulder.

Felicity gritted her teeth and silently endured the throbbing pain on her shoulder.

Felicity’s parents hurried forth and pulled the old lady away.

“I’m sorry, Nash. My grandmother is not exactly

gentle

grandfather and said, “Grandpa, I still have some things I need to take care of, I’m going to

Snyder Estate

two to the airport and immediately made phone calls to multiple inspectors so she could launch an unannounced

the time Felicity dragged her exhausted self back

hanging from the ceiling and receiving a beating from their father.

and

“Felicity… save me…

do so

asking, “Dad, where’s

“He’s’in his study!”

study on the

Sr. heaved a long

walked to the vault and extended a chapped hand to swivel

let out

door slowly

vault was a secret compartment that contained a single

the only photo we have of Ruby.

woman’s hands trembled as she took the photograph.

picture of a

back into two braids that framed her face, and she wore a simple patchwork blouse and

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