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Chapter 65. Leaving my birthplace

Author: jengreyy
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-20 09:53:08

* Penny *

I was pouting, sitting cross-legged on the edge of my bed, while Sofia, one of the older servants in Magnolia Manor, moved efficiently around my room, folding clothes into a pair of open suitcases. Her hands were practiced, her eyes kind but distant, as though she didn't want to make this harder by showing any sort of emotion.

I stared out the tall window, past the gardens blooming in late spring sunlight. It was beautiful out, calm, like the world didn't know I was leaving.

Even though my brother Darren and his wife were already waiting for me in their home at the U.S. I wasn't ready. Not really. Not emotionally. This place wasn't just a house. It was a whole world to me.

And I would miss it terribly. I would miss the sleepy rhythm of the mornings, the laughter echoing from the kitchen, the distant hum of the sea. I would miss Jullie, with her soft scolding and fierce hugs, and her two boys who had somehow carved a place in my heart without even trying.

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