Chapter 0142

The next afternoon, Elva and I watched from the window as the second garden party was held down

below.

Because of the delay, the girls had been given another chance to remake their food items that moming This seemed a bit unfair, since their appetizers would be much fresher than those from the day before.

which had been made and then placed into storage.

I couldn’t and wouldn’t complain though. The girls had been denied their chance yesterday, and this was

the fairest way of making that up to them.

The Queen herself seemed much better, standing upright and majestic as ever. Linda’s undercooked,

spoiled eggs likely only made her sick for a few hours. I’d never been able to tell she’d been sick at all,

looking at her now.

are so pretty, Mommy.” Elva said. She seemed particularly taken with Olivia’s pink ruffles.

so self–centered, but seeing Olivia look so regal and stunning made me pull

me that no matter how I dressed, I would always be common underneath. Such thoughts never really bothered me before. But sitting here, looking at how flawlessly Olivia and Lilliana fit into their noble rules, I felt inferior.

truly did not belong here. No

wrong? You’re frowning.” Elva poked at my

a soft kiss to her palm. She was an observant little girl, I had

strong, so I had to be. Even if we didn’t belong here, I couldn’t let Elva think so. For her, I would bury my inferiority under a wave of courage.

her. “See?”

me. But then, eventually, she nodded and looked back to

best not to look at

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only Nicholas glanced up at us, a tiny smile on his lips. He didn’t look long enough for Elva to

shush Elva. “She’s in the middle of something important. We can say

so

in a

Mark slowly came closer to the window. I gave him a knowing look. “Would you like to take

flushed slightly. “No, I… Well, if it

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