Lucinda’s heart clenched tight. She asked quietly, “Mom, did something happen?”
Kylie hesitated. “Something did, but I can’t explain it all over the phone. Don’t say anything to your grandfather yet. We’ll talk when you get home.”
The old man couldn’t handle bad news these days, and Kylie didn’t want to upset him unless she had to.
Hearing her mom’s tone made Lucinda even more anxious. It had to be about Frank. She thought back to that call from Grace earlier—what on earth was Grace thinking? And Frank, what could he do besides gamble? Actually, he couldn’t even win at that. He was hopeless at everything.
She must have lost her mind to let Grace talk her into bringing Frank into the Norwood family.
Her thoughts were all over the place as she hung up. Her grandfather noticed something was off and asked, “Lucinda, is everything alright at home?”
She forced a small smile. “Nothing’s wrong, Grandpa, really. Mom just wants me to come home for a bit. The nurse will stay with you, and I’ll be back soon.”
Deep down, Lucinda did want her grandfather to know something was up. He was the only one in the family who actually cared about her. If things went south and Lydia tried to use this as an excuse to kick her out, maybe her grandfather would protect her.
There was no way she was letting Lydia win. No one was kicking her out of the Norwood family.
Her grandfather could tell she wasn’t telling him everything, but he just nodded and said, “Alright, you go ahead.”



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Olha a história bem boa só algumas coisas são chatas ( nesse tipo de história sempre troca as filhas pela a da empregada ou então pegam uma menina pra criar) pelo menos eles tratam a filha bem só enche o saco que até agora a Lucinda tá lá enchendo ! Fora isso tá bom Connor é um fofo a família dela a ama muito só Lucinda pra abaixar o nível do livro já era pra ter resolvido isso e fazer ela pagar mais tudo bem li um livro chinês que era parecido só algumas coisas diferentes ,ais mesma coisa tipo ela salvou o Connor no início lá ela salvava o avô dele , no chinês ela não tinha um irmão mais novo com os pais adotivos , a mãe dela tinha 2 irmãos e todos os avós estavam vivos mais história quase igual e tem coisas tipo o triângulo que lá TB tinha até a Lucinda que no chines TB ficou o livro todo aprontando só no final a família descobria e se livrava dela aí ela ia morar com o cara que ela usa pra disfarçar que não gosta do Connor aí depois ainda quase matava a irmã dele e a mãe dele que ele via como ela era...
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