Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Sophia grew increasingly uneasy the further she walked, for she had a hunch who she would be meeting, and a pang of guilt and self-reproach arose within her.

She had already promised Martha back home that she would stay away from Arthur, but now, she had chased him all the way here and even snuck her name into the guest list. Just the thought of it made Sophia ashamed of meeting Arthur’s grandmother.

Sure enough, she found Martha sitting on the couch when they arrived at a quaint hall. The older lady was dressed in a fitting dark silver dress, looking noble and majestic.

“Good evening, Old Madam Weiss,” Sophia greeted Martha.

Martha sized the young woman up in response, not in anger but amiably, pointing toward the seat across from “Have a seat.”

Arthur had wronged this young woman, after all, and she didn’t need to ask to know what would happen between them had probably already happened. But now, Arthur was marrying another woman; this was unfair to her..

“I didn’t expect you to have come, Miss Goodwin.”

swear I

waved her hand. “No need to apologize. Everyone’s

she had now witnessed for herself the older woman’s noble demeanor. Martha’s tolerance and kindness made Sophia grow increasingly self reproaching and unable to face her. “Tomorrow will be Arthur’s big day. If you feel uncomfortable, I can make arrangements for you to

but I won’t be attending the wedding tomorrow. I’ll be returning home with my boss after the

felt bad for Sophia. She hadn’t forced Arthur upon this

Sophia and chose Emily instead? This was a question that still puzzled

two fought before Arthur

me asking, Old Madam Weiss,

Nothing happened to Artic. Why would you ask so?”

completely forgotten about me.” As dejected as Sophia was,

reeling. “What did you say? Arthur has forgotten about

departure. I realize he has completely forgotten about me on our first reunion here.” Sophia was now purely worried if Arthur had suffered any injuries that led him

coming home. He was now indeed behaving very differently. from the first day he returned. However, she still couldn’t figure out what had

differently, but nothing happened to him either.

hearing so. This was good news, for a severe trauma had to