Chapter 3
The day after Senna came back to the States, she drove Preston to visit Mrs. Rivers’ grave.
Mrs. Rivers’ headstone was spotless compared to the others around it, like someone had been regularly cleaning it.
Senna sat in front of the grave with flowers, rambling on about her experiences abroad over the years.
Preston stood quietly beside her, holding an umbrella over her head.
Where they couldn’t see me, I dropped to my knees and bowed deeply twice to Mrs. Rivers.
“Thank you for taking care of me when I lived with the Rivers family. I died in Senna’s place-1 guess that pays back what I owed you.”
When Senna started to leave, I floated along after her.
Halfway there, Senna suddenly stopped.
n front of her was another pristine headstone with Ruby Martinelli’s name carved into it.
jenna let out a soft laugh:
Looks like my little sister’s been doing pretty well for herself. This cemetery plot isn’t cheap.”
But knowing her personality, if she was doing even halfway decent, she would’ve been in my face ages ago, calling me ‘sister’ while bragging about everything.
How is it that I’ve been back for two days and she still hasn’t shown up?”
Is Scarlett’s hiding somewhere plotting how to steal you away from me?”
reston wrapped his arm around Senna’s shoulder, gently promising he’d never leave her.
watched this pair of lovebirds with total disdain.
n all the years Senna had been dating, there wasn’t a single guy I couldn’t steal away from her.
ut none of that mattered anymore.
slowly drifted toward Ms. Ruby’s grave.
ver since becoming a ghost, my memory had been getting worse and worse.
d even forgotten where I buried Ms. Ruby.
ll I remembered was that after I stole Senna’s fiancé, I played the role of Daddy’s good little girl to win his favor.
ne day when he was in a great mood, he gave me a huge sum of money, and I bought Ms. Ruby the most luxurious plot in the entire city.
ut why was Dad so happy that day?
And how did I die again?
couldn’t remember.
Didn’t matter anyway-I was dead.
pressed my spirit inch by inch against Ms. Ruby’s headstone.
So warm.
Just like when Ms. Ruby used to hold me as a kid and tell me stories.
So this is where I buried you. I finally found you.
Just as I was greedily drawing closer to Mom,
Senna bent down and placed a bouquet of white flowers at the grave.
When Preston curiously asked who was buried there, Senna said quietly:
“She was my sister’s mother.”
“A truly remarkable woman.”
Seeing Preston’s questioning look, she explained:
“Anyone in our social circle probably heard about what happened back then. It was all Dad’s fault. Scarlett’s mom was a victim too.”
Preston seemed surprised. He stroked Senna’s hair and said:
“This is the first time I’ve heard someone show compassion for the powerless and their impossible situations, while actually confronting the real villain. It’s incredible.
“You really are such a kind girl.”
Preston, who was born a bastard himself, was obviously moved by these words.
His own mother had been driven to suicide by real Mrs. Kane.
whipped around to stare at Preston, absolutely shocked by his shamelessness.
How the fuck was that the same thing?
reston’s mom knowingly became a mistress for the Kane family money.
Ms. Ruby was forced into everything from the very beginning.
fter she had me, she didn’t entrust me to Mrs. Rivers until the moment she died.
This too, and gave Preston a more searching look.
