The Sway and Slide of Love by Jean Song

Chapter 14 Chapter 14

#25 BONUS

"Noelle!" Sandra rushed up to Noelle and grabbed her hand "Noelle, are you mad at me? Mom meant well. It was my fault for accidentally hurting myself.

"Don't worry. I'll move out of your house. I won't be a bother to you and Hendrix.."

"Great," Noelle agreed without hesitation.

Matilda frowned at her response while Sandra looked surprised.

"I'll leave now." Without a care, Noelle removed her hand from Sandra's grip to leave.

Sandra's tearful voice could be heard from behind. "Mom, what do I do? Noelle probably hates me now..."

For a moment, Noelle had the urge to turn around and admit that she indeed hated Sandra, but she quickly struck down the thought. She didn't want to be slapped by Matilda

e words.

all, Matilda had hit

play favorites against their biological daughter. She soon

to accept the rural mindset of their daughter, Sandra was closer to the

nothing but a failure in the eyes

over to pack up Sandra's belongings before she even had the chance to get Mabel to

them

"What's going on? Why is Ms. Sandra moving out after she's

helplessly turned to Noelle for an explanation, but Noelle

Noelle had missed the draft deadline by a few days, she had no choice but to lock herself in her room for the entire afternoon to work on it. It was past dinner

come home for dinner, but she wasn't surprised. She was about

someone to

she asked,

going to

within her. She blurted

a pause, Hendrix hung up without another word. Clearly, he was giving out an order to Noelle instead