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.

took in

of her

“Teresa, it’s me, Millie.”

Teresa stammered out a

a beauty. I had heard…” Teresa halted, her face tuning into blush, but

thing of the past. I’m done hiding behind

you’re Millie. I know your voice,” Teresa acknowledged after

her grandmother’s bedside, Millie gently

night, unable to sleep. The doctor prescribed new medication this morning, and after taking it, she found some

“Please, have a seat.”

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