My Endless Sorrow
"What can we say? We’re just the hired help—we could never compete with a face as thick as hers. Otherwise, maybe we’d have what it takes to be a high-society wife too."
I walked through the front hall, unbothered. By now, I had learned to tune out their whispers.
Unfortunately, I walked straight into Lucas and Vanessa in the living room as they sat with Karen Kingston, Lucas's mother.
The moment she saw me, Karen slammed her teacup down, her voice laced with venom.
"Lily, come here immediately!"
I halted on the stairs. My guilt toward Grandma Eve had never faded.
Slowly, I turned and walked toward Karen.