Chapter 349

Grace came home in the afternoon. Her hands were full, and the living room and bedroom were quiet as a mouse. She guessed that Allison must’ve already headed off to work

She hustled into the kitchen, opened the fridge, and found it stacked with fresh veggies and fruits. This got her all jittery. If Allison saw all this, she might become suspicious. She had totally blanked out on this in the morning rush

The pot in the kitchen was still warm.

The air was filled with the aroma of food and Grace spied a note stuck to the pot: [“Mom, I’ve gone to work. There’s lunch in the pot

But Grace didn’t immediately open the pot. Instead, she gave a quick scan around, then opened the thermos on the stove. Inside was chicken soup she had stewed in the morning, with half of it still left. She had forgotten about it in the morning rush to drop off something for Penelope. Had Allison seen nt? From the looks of it, Allison hadn’t noticed.

But she still felt a tad uneasy, so she whipped out her

“Allie, you dashed off to work so early?” Grace asked.

“Yeah, had to get in early today

dialed Allison. The call was picked

I made lunch for you, don’t forget to eat.” Allison

made for you?” Grace asked, sounding guilty. The more she tried

this, she paused. She wedged her phone between her neck and shoulder, then continued changing. Her voice didn’t betray anything unusual, “What chicken soup? Mam, you made chicken soup? She even sounded a bit annoyed, “Why didn’t you say so earlier? If I knew you made soup,

I’ll reheat the soup for you to have at night Hearing Allison say this,

up. Allison’s face

what Grace had been up to these past few days, where she had been sneaking off to This was Grace’s business, she didn’t want to know, but she felt her mom was becoming more and more strange.

her

as her mom was happy and healthy, nothing else

It was Friday.

in bed, listening to the sounds from Grace’s room

she had finished the drink orders, it was just past midnight when she got

she was about to get up, she heard footsteps outside her

down

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