Vivian walked forward with a chuckled then carefully sat down on the bed. " Little Sis, come here, " she said softly and the girl cowered back.
" I don't want to repeat myself!" She snapped with a glare.
Lucy bit her lips and sighed inside then she slowly walked forward and sat down on the bed while making sure to put a distance between them.
" Hehehe, now give me your phone, " Vivian said with a sweet smile and extended her hands.
" Sis Viv__"
" Give it to me!!!"
The girl flinched then slowly handed her the phone with trembling hands.
" Hehe, let's see what you've got. . ." Vivian chuckled and tapped on the playlist icon.
" Little Sis, do you want to listen to music, " she asked with a smile and Lucy quickly shook her head with widened eyes.
" Come on, it's just music... see?" Vivian tapped into several songs and sighed after a while then turned to her.
" Little Sis, why don't you sing for me? I want to hear your sweet voice, " she said softly the girl's eyes widened again. What has gotten into her?
Lucy gulped and sneaked a glance at her calm expression then stuttered, " But__"
" Sing!!!" Vivian cut her off with a glare as she was losing patience.
Lucy sighed inside then slowly nodded. " What kind of song?" she asked.
" Anyone, just sing, " Vivian replied nonchalantly while tapping on the girl's phone.
" O..Okay." Lucy cleared her throat and started singing while Vivian watched her with one palm splayed on her cheek with the elbow on her lap while the other hand gripped tightly to the phone.
' Urgh!' She stared into the girl's eyes and groaned inside. Looking into her large eyes now, she suddenly remembered that bitch.
" Okay, enough." She said after some minutes and stood up.
Lucy stopped singing and sighed in relief. she watched her started walking then her eyes widened. " Sis Viv, my phone."
Vivian rolled her eyes and stopped in her footsteps. " I'm not done with it, " she said nonchalantly then walked out of the room.
" Hmph..., whatever." Lucy pouted then took out a snack box from the pillow and continued eating it.
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Vivian sauntered toward her room with a calm expression while chuckling to herself.
She suddenly paused in her footsteps and scoffed while staring at the guy who was rushing in her direction.
" You... Viv, what are you still doing here? " Zach muttered in astonishment.
" The obvious of course; waiting for my husband, " she said sweetly and rolled her eyes.
" You... you're crazy." Zach glanced between her and ahead then gave her scornful look and hurried toward his stepmother's room who had suddenly summoned him. Wondering what had happened to her this early morning.
Vivian chuckled softly and slowly shook her head while staring at his back then glanced down at the phone. " Crazy?... hehe, we'll see about that."
She scoffed inside then turned back and continued walking toward her room.
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Clara yawned and rubbed her eyes while walking toward the kitchen where her sister was already cooking breakfast.
She walked toward the cabinet and picked the plates while muttering good morning to her sister who replied in her usual soft voice.
The food was done in some minutes and they both sat down at the dining table with the plates of food in front of them.
" Lily, do you need anything else for school?" Clara asked as she ate her food.
"No... I think those would do." Lily shook her head. Although, her sister had come back late yesterday from the shopping and she didn't get to see the things she bought for her. She knew that they would be enough.
" Okay, make sure you check the bags later and tell me if anything is missing, " Clara said with a small smile. She can't wait to see her sister's dreams come true.
" Alright." Lily nodded then looked up after a while. " Big Sis, did you buy the necktie, " she asked and watched as her sister nodded with a pout.
" It was so expensive Lily... I had to shamelessly take some money from Mira to buy some of your things, " Clara replied and chuckled lightly. But it was worth it, compared to all the gifts he had lavished her. too bad she couldn't sell them.
Lily watched her expression then laughed softly and shook her head. She looked down and continued eating.
After they were done eating, Lily took the plates to the kitchen after urging her sister to go inside and wash up.
Clara walked inside her bedroom and glanced at her phone which was on the bedside table and sighed, wondering why Carl had not called her yet.
She made a mental note to call him after taking a bath, then walked inside the bathroom.
' Huh? Where is it? ' she frowned slightly and glanced around for her bathrobe then wondered if her sister had laundered and placed it in the wardrobe.
She walked out of the bathroom while calling out to her sister." Lily, have you__" she stopped talking and paused in her footsteps as she heard the ringing of the doorbell and a frown appeared on her face, wondering who it could be.
Staring down at the pajamas she was wearing. She stood behind the doorway then decided to listen to the voice before going out.
" Big Sis is inside. . . let me get her. "
That was her sister's voice.
" No, please don't. . . can I speak with you please."
She heard a strange voice which obviously belonged to an older woman and her frown deepened.
" Sorry for not introducing myself... I'm Carl's mother."
' What!?.' Clara's eyes widened and she quickly placed a palm on her mouth to suppress the gasp that was about to escape her lips.
' C..Carl's m..mother? what is she doing here? ' her heart thumped rapidly and she silently listened to the voice.
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Outside, in the living room, Lily nodded calmly at the woman and gestured her to sit down then also sat opposite.
" What would you like me to serve you, " she asked with a small smile and the woman shook her head.