CHAPTER 74

Now, knowing that the woman she dismissed as grotesque was instead radiant, she couldn’t shake the bitter loathing swelling within her.

She abhorred the very sensation of it.

“Rest assured, your uncle won't lay a scalpel on that crone. Both the pretender and the old one should meet their ends. To think they could live happily, it’s a delusion,”

Gianna voiced, her fists balling with determination.

With the new day barely broken, Luna found herself at the hospital.

Her grandmother, within the sterile confines of the ward, lay with her face pinched with discomfort as she attempted to sleep. “Who are you?” Teresa, in the midst of her breakfast, took in Luna’s entrance and faltered. She lowered her meal and rose. Luna, with a calming motion of her hand, beckoned Teresa to sit.

“Teresa, it’s me, Luna.”

Stunned, Teresa stammered out a question.

“Are you really Luna? Goodness, you're a beauty. I had heard...” Teresa halted, her face turning into blush, but Luna intuitively understood.

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