#Chapter 248: The Matriarch

Edrick

Within an hour, Moana and I were nervously walking up the front steps to my parents’ mansion.

We left Ella with Selina just in case we walked in on anything sinister. The house was mostly dark, which was out of the ordinary. As I slowly opened the front door, I felt my heart catch in my throat.

“Hello?” I called out, holding Moana’s hand as I stepped into the large foyer. “Mom?”

There was no answer. Moana and I exchanged nervous glances and walked in a little further.

“Verona?” Moana called, cupping her hands around her mouth to make her voice travel further. “Are you there?!”

Still no answer. We decided to head into the sitting room, where my mother often liked to be during her free time, but it was dark and empty. At this point, I was starting to get even more nervous.

“I swear, if that bastard did anything to her…” I growled, “I’ll—”

Moana gasped. “Look!” she said, pointing behind me. I followed her finger to see what looked like a small fire outside.

The two of us quickly ran out the patio door toward the fire, then across the garden. As we ran, we saw a lone figure standing by the fire.

It was my mother. She was standing by the fire pit, in her dressing gown, and was tossing what looked like pieces of paper into the flames.

“Mom!” I exclaimed, running up to her. “You’re alright!”

“Oh, darling!” my mother replied. She grabbed my face and kissed my cheeks, then did the same to Moana. “I was so worried about you…”

glanced down at the papers in her hand, only to see that they weren’t papers at all. She

shrugged and poked the fire with a long rod. “I’ve been wanting to do that for ages, darling,” she said, flashing a

and tossed one of the photographs into the fire myself. It did actually feel good to see my father’s

Moana asked, taking a step forward

as Ella. He tossed my phone right in the fountain, if you’ll

widened. “So

was when he took my phone. Said that I should learn to

as witty as ever despite what had happened. She tossed the rest of the photographs into the fire all at once, and the three of us watched in silence as the flames jumped up

My mother turned to face the two of

mother inside, where she put the kettle on

don’t know exactly what he was up to, although I think I have a pretty good idea.” She paused and looked over at Moana with nothing but sympathy in her eyes. “Once I can get my

the kitchen counter. Finally, I started to explain everything to my

with both my story and my tea, my mother stared down

sorry, Verona,” Moana said quietly. “This

your fault. If it wasn’t you, then it would have been someone else. He already took that prostitute’s life all those years ago… He has a

by the sound

“He’s going to

both been waiting for this day. And trust me when I say

one to pity yourself,” I said, patting her

off the rest of her tea. Suddenly, I heard her voice ring out in

“You’ll marry her?”

that my eyes wanted to widen, and coughed

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