Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 332

Elise didn’t want to meet Pearl’s eyes and curled up, making herself smaller. “I really didn’t…’

Pearl noticed the girl’s discomfort and continued gently, “This room has a strong scent. Most people wouldn’t notice, but I can tell it’s from an ointment used to reduce bruising.”

The pieces of the puzzle were falling into place for Pearl. She understood that something was amiss here.

‘Why would someone who rarely leaves home have bruises?’ she thought. She knew the answer was right there, waiting to be revealed.

“Miss Elise, I can be trusted with your secret. I won’t tell anyone,” Pearl assured her. She moved closer, sitting on the edge of the bed, and softened her tone. “Ellie, can you trust me?”

Elise’s eyes welled up with tears. She was already fragile, but now she looked even more vulnerable.

“Don’t cry. Share your story with me, and I’ll do my best to help you,” Pearl comforted her.

divorced my dad, and a few years later, she married Zachary Zimmer when I

piecing together the

hurt me when my mom wasn’t around. My mom loves him so much that she turned

kept these emotions locked inside for

“The photophobia…”

anyone to see. So, I pretended to be sick and avoided people,” Elise explained, her

understand. Was she really willing to live the rest of her life being

gentle and strong. I felt a connection with you, even though you’re just a lady.

Zachary, and she didn’t want to shatter her mother’s dreams. “My mom loves him too much. I don’t want

a mother not feel devastated when her daughter sacrifices her own well- being for

but she couldn’t

should talk to her. Maybe the happiness you’re seeing is nothing more

door. She spotted Glenn allu outside and said to Jenna,

turned to Glenn. “You too.”