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.

again and again. The painting I bought this time has a little ‘C’ paint mark next to the signature. She must’ve thought it was okay to leave it there since it

seat on stand-by—passed Corinne a painting

have a look at this,

tell-tale ‘C’ mark next to Nellie

folds of the side of a hand running through it. This meant she would be staring at her own mother’s handprint if

years, she finally came face-to-face

get this painting? And how come the paint isn’t dry yet? Does your friend know Nellie

house to teach her a lesson. Her art teacher had just left when I

meeting with her art teacher for you?” asked Corinne

because she and another student went out on a field trip to do some landscape painting. She

she had ever done so out of her own accord. “You must bring me to go meet with your friend’s

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