Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

The small garden had been carefully designed to be surrounded by man-made hills with flowers, lush greenery, a pavilion, and a small river. It was visually stunning.

"This scenery is so beautiful. Unfortunately, now isn't the time to admire all this," Lynette Batton said with a sigh.

"Maybe not right now, but once we've performed for Grandpa and Grandma, we can come back here to enjoy the scenery," Leon Batton answered. "Okay."

Then, she pulled her brother into the pavilion and began to rehearse her part while he observed her with an affectionate smile on his face. Meanwhile, Xyla Quest and Stanley Batton entered the ballroom hand-in-hand.

By then, most of the guests had already arrived.

Beautifully-clad women in traditional dresses were up on stage, playing stringed instruments that sounded heavenly.

Several invited guests found themselves in small groups of three to five people, sitting together to drink tea or play chess.

Numerous others sat quietly off-stage as they listened to the stringed instruments.

It was a peaceful setting.

Batton and Sharon Lindt held hands as they made their rounds as

ballroom. Some even emitted gasps as

the younger couple made their

couple and didn't see their grandchildren trailing

Lynette

swept over the elegantly dressed crowd in

admiring the scenery outside?

and they are sorry they couldn't make it this time." Xyla said, pretending to be regretful

a year, though. I'm disappointed they couldn't make it for my

was very fond of his grandchildren, and they had

to prepare some of their favorite

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attendance at the party.

to find out that they couldn't

not intentional," Sharon said in an effort to

reasons