Luke shook his head. “It’s nothing, really… I just feel bad about what she did to you. I’m sorry.”
Of course, he was talking about Sandy. Luke had seen the drama unfold on the school forum too. Sandy just never learned, and it made him angry.
Lydia laughed a little. “That’s between her and me. It’s got nothing to do with you, so just focus on your studies.”
Luke felt genuinely moved by her words. “I will.”
Once all the unexpected tagalongs were dropped off, Connor threw a look at Aiden in the driver’s seat, clearly not thrilled to have company. He lowered his voice and leaned toward Lydia. “Want to come over tonight?”
Lydia raised an eyebrow, giving him a look that said she knew exactly what he was thinking.
Connor grew a little awkward under her gaze and coughed. “Don’t get the wrong idea. It’s nothing like that. You promised you’d do acupuncture for me once a week, remember?”
Lydia paused for a moment, then nodded. “Alright.”
Connor’s treatment was at a critical point, and she couldn’t slack off now.
Lydia sent Kylie and Cameron a message to let them know she wouldn’t be coming home tonight and was heading to Connor’s place instead.
Kylie was a bit taken aback when she saw the message. Cameron got it at the same time and glanced over at her. It really did seem like their precious girl was about to get swept away by someone else.
Kylie just smiled, her tone full of meaning. “Don’t worry. Lydia knows what she’s doing.”
Lucinda came home just then, and, noticing the mood, asked, “Dad, Mom, what’s going on with Lydia?”
Cameron started to answer, but Kylie spoke up first. “Your sister said she has something to take care of tonight, so we don’t have to wait up for her.”
Grace replied right away.
[Lucinda, they probably think you’re not over Connor yet, so they’re just staying on guard around you.]
Lucinda suddenly felt so alone. Who could she trust in this house anymore?
[Grace, what am I supposed to do? I wish you were still here at the Norwood house.]
At least with Grace around, she wouldn’t feel this lonely.
Grace texted back. [Lucinda, you need to earn their trust again. Otherwise, how are you going to keep living with the Norwood family?]

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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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