Virginia Woolfe Novels & Stories

And on the far side of the room, lounging with one leg crossed over the other like she owned the floor beneath her— Her. She turned her head when I entered, slow and amused, like a lioness who’d smelled blood long before you arrived. The movement was liquid, practiced — the kind of grace that came from years of being watched, of being the center of attention in rooms full of dangerous men. Rafaella Moretti.

Virginia was the daughter Freya's stepmother had with another man before she seduced Freya's father and became his second wife. Virginia had been raised by Freya's step-aunt, but Freya's stepmother never failed to send her a generous monthly allowance. After Freya's stepmother died, that income disappeared. Freya's step-aunt began treating Virginia as an unwanted burden and eventually abandoned her. Determined to uncover the truth about her past, Virginia worked tirelessly to gather information. After learning who she really was, she fabricated a story about being the victim of severe bullying to catch Frank's attention. Frank went ballistic. He grabbed her arm and growled, "You lied to me!"