Filed To Story: A Little Princess's Journey from Darkness to Light Novel
Valentine Taylor, meanwhile, took the opportunity to bound over to the Crawfords. “Hello, Mr. Crawford and Ms. Lilly.”
He then pushed Theo forward. “Say hello to them!”
His son had no choice but to obey. “Hi, Mr. Crawford. Hi, Lilly!”
Anthony turned his attention to Theo.
So, this is the boy Lilly was pa*sing notes to?
They say if a family had a son, they would be looking for a suitable girl to be their son’s bride.
It was the opposite for a family that had a daughter. They would keep an eye out for predators trying to whisk the girl away.
Anthony narrowed his eyes. “Can I help you?”
Valentine cleared his throat. “Well, I had something I wanted to ask Ms. Lilly…”
That had Anthony frowning. What could a grown man want from Lilly?
“Yes?” Lilly asked inquisitively.
Valentine sighed. “I heard that you were the one who saved Theo the other day.”
“The thing is my mother has been in a coma for a long while. She wouldn’t wake up no matter what we tried. We’d like you to come to take a look, Ms. Lilly.”
Valentine’s facial features reminded Lilly of an old woman in green robes that she had dreamt of.
Pablo suddenly spoke up, “His mother? Could the old woman you dreamt of be her?”
Lilly answered in a low whisper, “I think so too, Master. He looks so much like her! The resemblance is uncanny.”
Pablo took another look at Valentine and decided that his disciple was right.
“Say yes. We’ll go take a look tomorrow.”
Lilly nodded. “Okay! I’ll come by tomorrow.”
Valentine didn’t seem to have expected her to outright agree and was overjoyed!
Cheryl, meanwhile, was curled up in her mother’s arms and wailing.
“I didn’t do anything wrong, Mommy!” She cried. “Did Josh beat me up because Lilly doesn’t like me? Did Lilly badmouth me to him?!”
Tina sighed. “Just put up with it, Cheryl.”
“I don’t think a friendly relationship with the Crawfords is possible right now. The Shaws will have to be our best bet.”
They were now switching their target to Ivan Shaw…
How was Cheryl going to be by Ivan’s side if everyone knew she had been beaten up for trying to confess her love to Josh?
She sniffled.”I know, Mommy.”
She was truly hurting. She felt as if she had been thrown onto the ground repeatedly. Every part of her ached.
She hated it all but she hated Lilly most.
It was obvious that she was the one who was being picked on but Lilly had everyone loving and caring for her. Cheryl had no choice but to put up with it.
Why?
Lilly and Anthony took a stroll on the street. The girl had eaten ice cream, two boxes of strawberries, a mousse cake, grilled chicken wings, and fried chicken…
It was only after she got her silver needles that they went home.Bettany smiled. “You’re home just in time for dinner, Lilly.”
Lilly shook her head. “My stomach is ma*sive now, Granny.”
That caught Bettany off guard. “What did you eat?”
The girl met her grandmother’s gaze. “I had ten salads.”
The elder was amused by her antics. “Lying is bad, Lilly!”
“Don’t be angry, Granny! I had an ice cream, two mousse cakes, and two boxes of strawberries…”
She recounted everything she ate.
“…” Bettany was at a loss for words.
Lilly gave Bettany a look. “You said you wouldn’t be angry, Granny.”
“I’m not angry. Don’t eat so much of that junk. Children should be eating better.”
The little girl happily kissed her grandmother. “Okay, Granny! Thank you!”
Granny was the best.
She was going to learn medicine to cure her legs!
The child happily went upstairs.
She hurried back into her room when she sensed movements coming from within the jar of souls.
Bettany’s eyes softened as she watched Lilly return to her room before she turned to Anthony.
“Really? Why did you feed her all that junk? You know how children can be irresponsible. Can’t you be a little more sensible as an adult?”
Anthony awkwardly rubbed his nose. Lilly was the one who ate everything. Why was he the one getting yelled at?
“She said she wanted to eat.”
She had looked at him with puppy eyes. Who could resist her?
Bettany continued to criticize him, “So you give her everything she wants? Learn to say no.”
She would never have allowed him to go this far if she were around.
Anthony cleared his throat. “I still have a meeting to attend.”
He immediately left.
Bettany glared at him.
Lilly had only been Jean’s substitute at first but that gradually changed.
Lilly had long since ceased to be a reminder of what had been lost. The Crawfords now spoiled her silly.
“How is she going to grow up if she doesn’t eat?” Bettany muttered and went to the kitchen to prepare a snack.
Josh, who was upstairs, left for the kitchen to get himself a gla*s of water.
He pa*sed Lilly’s room when he came back upstairs and went to his room.
It didn’t take him long to leave downstairs again to fetch a small carton of milk.
Drake, who was sitting on the couch downstairs, noticed. “Do you want to see Lilly?”
Just go, damn it!
This back-and-forth is giving me a headache.
Josh clicked his tongue. “Who said I was going to go look for her? I was just thirsty and wanted a drink.”
Drake was obviously doubting him.
Josh scurried about until night fell when he knocked on Lilly’s door.
“Come in!” Lilly called out.
He lowered his head and nervously scanned his surroundings before quickly entering the room.
Drake, meanwhile, pretended he didn’t see anything.
Hah, that’s one stubborn guy.
He didn’t understand why Josh seemed to have changed ever since he left with Lilly.
Lilly was such an annoying person. He’d never be so foolish as to go along with her whims.
He huffed and closed the door behind him to read.
Lilly was lying in bed when Josh entered her room.
Her feet were dangling in the air.
“What are you doing?” Josh asked.
She continued to shake her short legs. “I’m trying to lose weight.”
“…”
“How old are you? What kid needs to lose weight?”
Her chubby cheeks would disappear if she lost weight. She wouldn’t be cute anymore.
She was perfect as she was now. A tomato.
She finally put her feet down and sprawled on the bed. “Okay… I won’t be able to eat all I want later if I don’t lose some.”
Granny will worry if I don’t eat.
“You still want to eat?” Josh was shocked.
Others went on a diet to appear slim and here she was doing it because she wanted to eat more.
She ate everything the street had to offer this afternoon!
Lilly was clutching at her rounded tummy in distress.
“Why are tummies so small? Why can’t everything below the neck be a stomach?”
“…” Josh had nothing to say to that.
“…”
She suddenly looked up. “Hey, Ms. Sumo Wrestler? How did you die?”
The spirit was so swollen. Could she have been stuffed to death?
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