Sonia was sitting on the bench, unmoving. She gripped her bottle tightly and stared at the ground, immersed in her thoughts.
Suddenly, she heard the sound of hurried footsteps coming over followed by a woman’s wail. “Tina! My precious baby girl!”
Mrs. Gray ? Sonia quickly looked up and turned around. The Grays were coming over, but she wasn’t surprised. Tina might have cut off all ties with them, but they had been family for a long time, so naturally, they’d come here after finding out that she killed herself.
“Tina! My girl!” Julia was in the lead, but she was stumbling and beside herself.
Titus was holding her. “Slow down. You’ll fall.”
“How can I? Titus, she jumped off a building! She died!” Julia held his sleeve, roaring. Her eyes were red with sadness and fury.
Titus sighed. “I know. I’m upset about this as well, but you can’t get too worked up over this. If you fall sick, I’ll have to worry about you as well.”
Julia stopped talking, but she still sobbed sadly. Rina was walking slowly behind them, but she didn’t look sad. Instead, she looked impatient. Tina’s suicide had caught her by surprise as well, but that was it. They weren’t real siblings, so even though Tina had died, she didn’t feel the least bit sad about it. In fact, she felt happy, for it was a good thing for her. At least Dad and Mom won’t keep talking about her now.
A smile curled her lips, but when she looked around, she noticed Sonia from the corner of her eye, and her smile froze. “Miss Reed!”
The Gray couple was stunned to hear that Sonia was there as well, so they looked at where Rina was pointing. The sight of Sonia agitated Julia. She broke free of
Titus’ grasp and went toward Sonia, her face contorted with rage.
When Sonia saw the look on her face, she knew Julia must be up to something, so she got on guard immediately. Before Julia managed to slap her, she reacted by grabbing her wrist and gripping it tightly.
Julia’s face contorted with pain. “Let me go!”
Sonia wouldn’t do that, of course. Instead, she tightened her grip, but even though Julia’s face was turning red due to the pain, Sonia didn’t feel an ounce of satisfaction at all. In fact, she felt sad for some reason. She didn’t know why she felt that way toward Julia, but she wouldn’t waste her time thinking about it.
She shoved Julia away and stood up. “Were you trying to slap me, Mrs. Gray?” She looked at her coldly. My parents never raised a hand against me. They loved and cared for me like their own. How dare this woman try to slap me? Weirdly enough, she felt hurt that Julia tried to slap her.
Julia almost fell to the ground, but Titus managed to catch her in time and prevented that from happening. Julia held Titus’ arms and glared at Sonia with bloodshot eyes. If looks could kill, Sonia would be dead by now. “It’s your fault! You killed Tina! Give Tina back to me!” she roared at Sonia, her voice filled with hatred. If it weren’t for Titus holding her, she would have dashed forward and tore Sonia into pieces.
Sonia was hurt and sad at the same time. She clenched her fists and laughed mirthlessly. “Watch what you say, Mrs. Gray. What do you mean, I killed her?”
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