Only when you succeed in this task will I accept you as one of us.
The walk home was silent. Only Layla and Sisi found the visit to grandmother supreme pleasurable because they got to use one of her healing rooms and restore their strengths.
Her words played like a haunting melody in her head the entire time. She stepped into her room after bidding Layla and Sisi goodbye who were too engrossed in their excitement to notice her down mood.
Evangeline found herself curled up in a corner not too far from her bed. She noticed it was well-laid from how she left it this morning for her lessons. She was sure whoever came to clean up her room did it for Evangeline and not her.
Whether she likes it or not, or chooses to live this life or not, it would always be Evangeline and not her that would be receiving all their love and kindness. It would all stop the moment they realize they have been feeding and loving the one responsible for the demise of the soul of their real daughter.
