Shattered Illusions: Love, Lies, and Redemption

Chapter 350

Chapter 350

Lizetta couldn’t help but recognize the boy in the suit, looking sharp and polished in the photo that was definitely Remington.

And the little girl, no question about it, was Stella

As she flipped through the pages, they seemed to grow older right before her eyes.

From babies to a young boy and girl.

And in that last birthday photo, the young boy and girl were dressed up like a bride and groom.

They were both mounted on a majestic horse, smiling brightly at the camera.

Twelve–year–old Remington, with a joy in his smile Lizette had never seen before, like a child in pure bliss.

She couldn’t hold back her sobs anymore, slamming the photo album slut and pushing it back to the bottom of the bor

“Liz? What’s wrong? Don’t scare me like that.”

Yolanda, hearing the choked sobs, asked loudly with concem.

to close the box as if she had opened Pandora’s box itself.

orange candy wrappers fell out making her pause.

the wrapper of an orange

laugh, “Yoli, even my favorite candy from my

Lizetta’s tears fell relentlessly.

upon a time, Quentin had also given her an orange candy.

Quentin, the

Joy will worry about her mom,” Yolanda tried to comfort

and put the box back

cabinet, her face cold and impassive.

lost her and never gave up looking for sixteen years. What am I? Maybe Just like Evelina said, I’m just Stella’s stand–in. Is it pitiful? Before I was six, they said I owed Evelina, after eight, I owed Stella? Amr

to her, she knew too well what Remington’s

received so little love, cherished by Granny Rachel

six, she was abandoned by her parents, and life

keep her and

was when Remington became Lizetta’s salvation,

her, who gave her a home and warmth, simply because

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