NovelOnlineChapter 126
Chapter 126
“Sit down, dear. You'll make yourself even sicker standing there. How are you feeling?”
“Like shit,” I said honestly, sinking into one of the chairs at the kitchen table.
cup
Lilith wiped her hands on her apron and cover to sit beside me. She seemed to produce a
of steaming tea and one of those dry but tasty little biscuits for dipping out of nowhere, but | took it gratefully. “I
heard about what happened. I'm so sorry about your mother’s music
box.”
The words made my chest tighten all over again. I'd been trying not to think about it, but now the image of those
broken pieces scattered across the floor crushing back.
“It was the only thing | had of hers,” | said quietly. “The only thing that connectedto her.”
“Oh, sweetheart.” Lilith reached over and pulledinto her arms, and | let her. | buried my face in her shoulder
and finally let the tears come
“I never even got to meet her,” | sobbed. “She died when | was just a baby. And that music box
it was the only piece of her | had left. The only thing that was really hers.”
“I know, | know.” Lilith stroked my hair, making soothing sounds. “It’s not fair. None of this is fair.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt| cried until my chest ached and my eyes burned. Lilith just held me, not trying to offer empty platitudes or tell
When the tears finally stopped, | pulled back and wiped my face with my sleeve. “I'm sorry. I'm such a mess.”
“You have every right to be upset,” Lilith said firmly. “That girl had no business touching your things.”
“It's not just the music box,” | admitted. “I keep thinking about your locket too. The one Sophia destroyed at the
auction. That was your family’s heirloom, and it got broken because of
a,
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Lilith’s expression twisted painfully, but she cupped my face with one hand and said softly, Ella, that locket was
just a thing. Yes, it had sentimental value, but things can be replaced. You can’t.”
“But it meant so much to you. It belonged to your grandmother, your mother...” | felt fresh tears threatening to
spill over even though | felt like | had none left. “And now it's gone because you were kind to me.”
“Stop that. That locket served its purpose. It made you feel loved, and that’s all | ever wanted. Don’t you dare
feel guilty about what happened.”
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But | did feel guilty. Horribly, crushingly guilty.
“There's nothing to make up for.”
want to make it up to you somehow.”
“Please. Letdo something.” An idea was forming in my mind. “This weekend. Lettake you out, just the
two of us. Somewhere nice. We could go shopping, have lunch, get our nails done. Whatever you want.”
Lilith smiled, the first real smile I'd seen from her in weeks. “That sounds lovely, dear. But you don’t have to-"
“I want to. You've done so much for me, been such a mother towhen | never had one. Please letdo this.”
At the mention of the word mother, Lilith’s eyes misted over. But she nodded. “Alright. If it would make you
happy.”
“It would.”
We sat in comfortable silence for a few minutes, watching the late afternoon light stream through the kitchen
windows. | was starting to feel marginally like myself again when a loud crash echoed from somewhere in the
house, followed by raised voices.
Lilith and I looked at each other.
“What was that?” | asked.
Another crash came, and then more shouting. Female voices, two of them from the sounds of things. Was that...
Sophia | heard?
“We should check,” Lilith said, standing.
| followed her out of the kitchen and toward the main foyer, where the commotion seemed to be coming from. As
we got closer, | could see that one of them was definitely Sophia, and the other was... Sarah. The maid.
“You bitch!” Sophia cried, hurling a vase at the maid. “You don’t belong here!”
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