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.

box as if she had opened Pandora’s

orange candy wrappers fell

of an

favorite candy from my brother, the orange

the wrapper Lizetta’s tears

once upon a time, Quentin had

it was Remington or Quentin, the candies they held belonged

about her

tears and put the box

closed the cabinet, her face cold and

Remington’s deep love for Stella. They were childhood sweethearts, promised to each other since birth. He 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 really just meant to be a Gardenia family daughter, beaten to death by

heart clenched listening to her, she knew too well what Remington’s presence meant for Lizetta.

received so little love, cherished by Granny Rachel but she

abandoned by her parents, and life in the

keep her and sent her to the

became Lizetta’s salvation, her

abandoned her, who gave her a home and warmth,

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