Corinne had never heard about that painting before.

“How did you discover that painting?” she asked.

“I saw it at a friend’s house. Moreover, the paint on the canvas isn’t completely dry yet.”

Corinne’s eyes became focused. “And you think it was painted by Nellie Nymphaea?”

Lucas nodded sombrely. “Yes. Nellie Nymphaea’s style and brush strokes can be imitated, but there’s one habit that our mom has that no one else knows about.”

Corinne did not have much memory about her mother so she looked curiously at Lucas. “What habit?”

“Mom always adheres to a very standard way of holding her brush when painting, but when it comes to signing her works, she’ll put her hand down, causing her to pick up some paint from the canvas. And this will show up as a ‘C’ shape next to her signature.

but she never does remember. So the same thing would happen again and again. The painting I bought this time has a little

front passenger seat on stand-by—passed Corinne

have a look at this, Miss

the tell-tale ‘C’ mark next to Nellie Nymphaea’s signature,

of a hand running through it. This

years, she finally came face-to-face with proof

get this painting?

house to teach her a lesson. Her

arrange a meeting with her art teacher

student went out on a field trip to do some

had ever done so out of her own accord. “You must bring

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