Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 59

Three days whizzed by, and Lizetta was preoccupied with dance rehearsals. and choreography, preparation for auditions, and side gigs here and there, leaving her to crash into bed for merely five or six hours a day.

That noon, after checking in on Thaddeus, she was stopped by Tina as she left the hospital.

Tina had come to drop off an invitation and a gown for the evening’s

–

shindig a farewell dinner the Hawthorne family was throwing for Evelina.

“This gown was a treasured piece from the old lady’s collection. If she were still with us, she would have been delighted to see you wear it,” Tina said, and Lizetta, running her fingers over the gown, looked wistful, filled with longing and memories.

Rachel had a soft spot for Lizetta. When she passed away, Lizetta was still the Hawthorne family’s golden girl, and that made Rachel the most loving granny

in her heart.

Lizetta agreed, but upon entering the venue in that gown that evening, she could tell something was off.

She had unwittingly chosen a dress identical to that of the evening’s main character, Evelina.

Evelina wore a dark green, V–neck, velvet mermaid dress that accentuated her slim figure, complemented with a ruby necklace that radiated grace and elegance.

Lizetta’s gown, while identical in material and color, featured an intricate ruffled neckline, which seemed overly cumbersome.

bad on her. But next to Evelina, her dress–from

she wearing? Some

heiress remains a faux heiress.

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sparrow doesn’t become

dress–clashing? It’s like she’s trying to embarrass Eve, but, bless her, she just ended

the place was buzzing with

of it. She smiled, sauntered over to

brings you here? Ah, my

to the exchange, and Evelina’s words

even been invited–how

was about to butt in when the entrance stirred up

up–guess the rumors with Ms. Hawthorne

a presence! He and Ms. Hawthorne are just

surged once

were not of the same social

marriage to Remington was a secret one, hence no one here really knew she was the faux golden girl turned Mrs. Dashiell.

Lizetta turned to see a tall, dapper man in a sharp, dark grey suit approach, while Evelina

made it! We’ve all been waiting for you to

went out,

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