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“That bitch Grace called last week, and I answered it.
“I could tell from her tone that she wasn’t gonna come back.
“From now on, I’ll be their only sister.
“She may be their biological sister. But so what?
“I’ve broken a million things of hers over the years, and they’ve always taken my side.
“I pretended that she pushed me, and she was stupid enough to try to hold me back.
“She ended up getting hurt as well, and she got slapped. Serve her right.
“She wanted to go to Ebonhelm? Well, I wanna go to Northbeech. And where did we go in the end? The view in Northbeech is awesome.
“From now on, I’ll have everything.”
Smug, Lacey said these with a look of triumph and ecstasy.
Maybe in her eyes, these things she had done were something to be proud of and show off.
Her face was twisted with ferocity and cruelness, something didn’t fit her age.
She and the person continued to argue endlessly.
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Ruben wanted to rush forward.
He wanted to tear them apart, torturing them however he could.
But he couldn’t move.
Could he have Grace back if he killed them?
Could he change what had happened?
No, he couldn’t.
It was too late…
Countless images replayed in his mind like slides.
The first time Grace told Lacey to get out and frantically tried to explain that Lacey was a phony.
The first time Grace’s picture frame was broken–it was also the first time she burst out crying loudly.
The first time Grace covered her face, swallowing her tears and remaining silent when she felt most aggrieved and helpless.
The first time Grace fell off the stairs.
The first time he slapped Grace.
All these things added up to the way he paved for her to leave.
It had never been so clear to him till now that he had lost
Grace.
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She was gone, and she would never come back.
He had no idea how he got home.
Entering, he saw Mason slumping on the couch.
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The maid sat across from Mason, her expression indifferent. “It’s not that I only chose to tell the truth till now.
“All this time, Miss Parrish has been trying to tell you the
truth.”
Mason gawked at her, his eyes dull and listless.
He must have heard the same things Ruben heard.
The maid continued, her voice broken and sad as she felt sorry for Grace, “I’ve been taking care of Miss Parrish for
years.
“She may be unruly and willful at times, but I’m sure she knows her priorities.
“She would never lie about something she shouldn’t lie about.”
Mason and Ruben used to think so, too.
But why? Ever since Lacey joined them, they stopped believing in Grace.
Mason got up and staggered upstairs.
Ruben followed him and watched him enter the bedroom. He
opened the suitcase and pulled out a bright red scarf.
Meanwhile, he muttered to himself, “I promised her.
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“I’ll give it to her once she’s back.”
Ruben said, his voice hoarse, “She won’t come back.”
Mason’s thin lips quivered as he cried for the first time.
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His tears streamed down his face and sank silently into the scarf, and his voice quivered so much that it was barely audible.
“Yeah; she won’t come back.”
