"Julia?"
Even after saying that name out loud, Amelie still couldn't believe that this woman was standing right in front of her.
Because this woman was her older sister.
Julia Ashford was four years older than Amelie and was treated as an unfortunate stain to the Ashford family. Not by her own parents, of course, but by Richard Clark's family, because once the girls' parents died, it was the Clarks who took them in to make sure they would get a proper education and secure the future desired by their late parents. And, of course, themselves.
Julia, however, didn't really want that future; or anything else that Mr. and Mrs. Clark wanted to force upon her. She had a rebellious soul ever since she was a kid and she didn't like it when someone tried to oppress her freedom.
