Chapter 120 Next step 1

Vivian slept very well, waking up feeling refreshed and alert. Juke went to school, and Jaime went to work, which meant she was alone with her mother - something she was never ready for again.

Going downstairs, she discovered the woman in the kitchen baking something. For a second, Vivian stared at her, noticing the difference in her mother's sunken face, she immediately looked away when Mrs. Maggie turned her head.

"Are you awake?" Mrs. Maggie asked. "Sit down. I'll clear the table."

Vivian wanted to say that she didn't have to, but her legs moved before her mouth did. Pulling out a chair at the table, she sat down.

One of the last people she thought of while in France was her mother. Times now are very different from two years ago. Two years ago, her heart was filled with resentment towards this woman.

Today she was still angry but darkly because she realized this woman had also considered her death a loss, just like Jaime and Juke.

A bowl of soup was placed in front of her along wi