When Kylie heard that, her heart clenched so tight it hurt. She squeezed Lydia’s hand, eyes brimming with tears. “It’s my fault. I’ve been so blind all these years, looking after a traitor in the house and never even realizing everything you’ve been through.”
Juna made a little sound of disapproval and handed Kylie a tissue. “Don’t blame yourself. Lucinda and Grace are experts at hiding who they really are. If not, we wouldn’t still be stuck dealing with them.”
Kylie dabbed at her eyes and nodded, steeling herself. “So... what do we do now?”
Lydia’s voice was calm and steady. “We let them meet.”
To keep things under wraps, Grace set up the meeting with Lucinda at a busy night market. There were barely any cameras around, and if things went south, it’d be easy to slip away in the crowd. The real reason for meeting was simple—she needed to get her hands on a certain phone. Once she had it, she was out of there.
Raised as a sheltered heiress, Lucinda had never set foot in a place like this before. She stuck out even with her hat and mask on. Waves of people surrounded her, and she couldn’t spot Grace anywhere. Annoyed, she muttered to herself, “What is Grace even thinking? Why here? It’s dirty and chaotic. How does anyone eat this stuff?”
She was still grumbling when she spotted someone in the far corner, bundled up even more than she was, waving. It had to be Grace. Lucinda hurried over, frowning. “Grace, why do we have to meet somewhere like this...”
She eyed the wobbly plastic table and chairs, hesitating. There had to be germs everywhere. How could anyone sit here? It was unthinkable.
Grace, knowing exactly how Lucinda was, quickly pulled out tissues and wiped down the chair over and over. “Alright, Lucinda, it’s clean now. Sit.”
Lucinda made a face, then stacked a few more tissues on the seat before she finally sat down, looking like she was bracing herself for a medical procedure.
“Lucinda, hand me the phone. Now,” Grace whispered urgently.

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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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