Chapter 1548
A week later… Nolan and Maisie returned to Bassburgh first, while Waylon and Colton stayed back in Octavia to accompany their sister, spending the winter break together. Daisie brought a small cake to the gallery to look for Violet. She walked up to the door of the studio and saw Violet sitting in front of a drawing board, drawing a portrait with a pencil.
She tiptoed into the gallery, stood behind her, and looked at each of the outlines drawn onto the canvas, forming a simple draft of the person she was drawing. And as she continued, the person’s outlines became clearer. Daisie laughed out loud. “Aunt Violet, are you drawing Uncle Jackie?” Violet’s hand shook, and she looked back at Daisie and was surprised by her. “Who told you that I’m painting your Uncle Jackie?” Daisie blinked. “But it looks quite like him.” “Nonsense, I’m not drawing him…” Violet’s gaze shifted back onto the drawing canvas, but her hand that was holding the pencil froze.
As Daisie said, the outline of the person she had drawn resembled that of Jackie’s.
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‘Why is this happening? I clearly wasn’t drawing Jackie. Daisie must’ve influenced me. That’s why it looks like him.’ She picked up the pencil, revised the outlines, and could not help but mutter, “This shouldn’t look like him anymore, right?” Daisie sat at the side, supporting her head in her palms, and smiled. “Aunt Violet, do you miss Uncle Jackie that much?”
Violet choked on her own words, put down the pencil, and stopped drawing. “Why would I?” “How could I possibly be thinking about Jackie? I have nothing to do with him.
“Besides, he hasn’t shown up for a week after that incident, so he’s probably regretting it too Thank God we didn’t get it on the other night. Otherwise, it would be even more awkward now.
Daisie supported her chin. “In my dad’s words, is your duplicity playing a huge role when you’re denying that?”
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