Now, knowing that the woman she dismissed as grotesque was instead radiant, she couldn’t shake the bitter loathing swelling within her.

She abhorred the very sensation of it.

“Rest assured, your uncle won’t lay a scalpel on that crone. Both the pretender and the old one should meet their ends. To think they could live happily, it’s a delusion,”

Gianna voiced, her fists balling with determination.

With the new day barely broken, Millie found herself at the hospital.

Her grandmother, within the sterile confines of the ward, lay with her face pinched with discomfort as she attempted to sleep.

are you?” Teresa, in the midst of her breakfast, took in Millie’s entrance and faltered. She lowered

motion of her

“Teresa, it’s me, Millie.”

Teresa stammered

really Millie? Goodness, you’re a beauty. I had heard…” Teresa halted, her

with a smile and shared, “My scar is a thing of the past. I’m done hiding behind a mask. Please,

I know your

bedside, Millie gently adjusted the

this morning, and after taking it, she found some respite,”

“Please, have a seat.”

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