DKVM Ch 24

Chapter 24

“Then we’ll see you the day after tomorrow, Rahel.”d149a9de02ffaf5e

It was the day before Isela’s anniversary.4af562b8df8c2dee

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Vivian was hanging out in Rahel’s room, working on a crossword puzzle as usual when she heard the bell chime to wake her up.cf853327a769e414

Rahel’s brow furrowed slightly as she asked.5ebade16137d57e3

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“Why the day 1f7452340f after tomorrow? Why not tomorrow?”35ad72e9b81444c2

“Tomorrow is your mother’s anniversary, don’t you have a memorial service or something?”dd623735a96591db

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Of course, Isela’s grave would not be in this village, but I had heard that the nobility kept a place for the dead in every home they owned.782fd9c7291950b5

To honor the dead 9a0355b049 wherever they are.f38bf078f17949ae

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‘Considering how the duke talked about Rahel’s mother the other day, I doubt he’ll let tomorrow pass.’b32f41369ca30e3c

But Vivian’s answer was unexpected.a9bd903e72ef07a5

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“…I don’t do that.”92a2c37c43f9ed0f

“Why?”130731c331f2cb56

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“…”16ef7c8b50ff7e54

Rahel didn’t answer.d6b079c7f99ee919

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Vivian observed Rahel’s expression and asked cautiously.13e091bd233af4e6

“Did you have c6b1282d3e a bad relationship 0699e550fc with your mother?”04fe5f8dd3010176

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From the stories she’d heard from Karlz, Rahel’s mother seemed to be a good person, but…e91e9b847bdd454f

‘Being a good daughter to the duke doesn’t mean she was a good mother to Rahel.’347a1197cc2637bc

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If Rahel was uncomfortable, I wouldn’t bring it up anymore.4efecbabd7121fd5

“If you say yes, I won’t talk about your mom in the future. I don’t want to say anything that might hurt my friend.”ee7a489ae2e2fa4e

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“…It’s not like that.”a53833b96948b607

“Then?”ef9c5f59f70587ee

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Rahel hesitated for a 5bd8ee2515 moment, then opened her 5db9e5ecfa mouth.14396c363367eade

“I don’t think my grandfather would be happy that I’m memorializing my mother.”fe0a84e5a72f1e4c

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“Why would you think that? You’re her daughter, it’s only natural for you to miss and honor your mom.”c2b17d4c763e3b62

Rahel pursed her lips at Vivian’s question, but she couldn’t answer.926b016e007e49c3

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A memory came flooding c0b7e071bd back.5f910b42f019afd3

“If it weren’t for that boy… you wouldn’t be suffering, you wouldn’t have gotten sick.”a653cee7394602fa

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“…Father.”c02b3e73536caf95

“I need to find a way to save you, Isela, or else…!”251cc8e3ddb41fa1

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I could still hear his Grandfather’s cries, which I had overheard when Mom and I moved to the duchy.196a8f2e19386553

Of course, at that time I was too young to understand the concept of death, so I didn’t realize why Grandfather was crying.f6f55779bcaf32a2

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Only at Mom’s funeral did I understand what ‘death’ meant and why Grandfather cried.32d5172c52cea51b

‘I caused Mom’s death.’94828ea8ddc4d839

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So I didn’t go to pay my respects to Isela on the anniversary.14c449664a338b0b

I’m afraid I’ll have to face my grandfather’s crying, and I won’t be able to run away this time.3da5449a660538c0

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I hated my 0e7a620c25 grandfather, who would 4fdb9b3ad1 surely hate me, 53d1f90adb but at the a0defe2de9 same time, I 5fc341d9d5 felt unbearably sorry d6b5d3edc5 for him.35cb63d7366e814d

But…48596456dc875b56

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“So Rahel, d9e9f7eba4 just be 4b9bfdf40e honest with 3acc632029 me about 01d1a9ce40 this. Do you 9fa8b51494 miss your e069935779 mother?”ca1c504436e34666

Just because she felt heavy with guilt didn’t mean she didn’t miss her mother.c22e41d776b301a1

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She was just afraid to face her grandfather’s grief and her own guilt.c9a0a8eaf40d9abc

Rahel spoke aa0a0eb1cf the truth, 729defd6f3 the one 8d322310eb thing she 2667dc1a49 had never c3e6a30cd2 said to 98ce906a62 anyone before.02b652aeb89ee936

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“…To be honest, I miss her.”b6a65e1ddcc97f65

I don’t know how I could miss her.3d422aad33fc4ab5

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She was dbde3d8bfe the first c0e5e8a555 person in 8af7a21133 the world 4bf8faff5a to love 66110f73ba me, a b465039047 sweet person 9a03712366 who taught 1467cd2829 me the e7cdb86968 fullness of 357e858826 what it e785816080 means to 4baee38af1 love, even 23ad0583ed when we 2afd3227e6 lived in 31c932f9d2 an old 5c70546655 house with 7b4692b30a a cold fface8d2b0 winter wind aab93ffb27 chill.a847c91ff4f7a9ae

She was my 271e5ed908 whole little world.267d0d2e3ffcb919

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As I let out the emotions I’d been hiding from myself, they began to take shape.650b9a18fece5137

I miss her.a730273fe6b59b75

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I really miss b27e3cd2ef her so much.d707473745f682a9

Then Vivian 64f1b030e8 suggested to c84bf3fbed Rahel.6b0e60e06ce6c1f7

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“Then let’s go see your mom.”120b18b23a268a23

Rahel’s eyes widened.e30f1fed0cd5590b

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“How?”1c3b64bfcc08cacf

“You have a portrait of your mother in the villa, don’t you?”179ea077024893a8

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“Yeah.”9fd47d27f7994bf9

“Do you know fe2085376d where it is?”6665acf45689234f

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“I think it’s on the fourth floor.”6851813fc366f099

“Then you’d better go there with me today; the duke will do a memorial tomorrow, so they won’t notice if we go today, right?”4e3e419991919c55

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The space 9b56f9a182 for honoring ddc8780b4f the dead acbad73d86 was set b238e5c979 aside in 08af5f6112 the back 43fa8adbf2 of the 96a39433ba villa.30ba54e001da1445

So neither her fb53234c28 grandfather nor the 7bf184ecde servants preparing for 8305541b1e the day would fdf74266ea be interested in f0ea1fe957 a portrait gallery.b08cb2f0774c896a

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It was a 890c281bbe pretty good plan.283dea92ad81af09

“What do you say, Rahel, do you want to go to the gallery with me?”5b379f2ce819b7ff

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Rahel stared at fa3bc06be5 the girl after 80283382fa hearing her bold 43bf6f25dc question and smirked.618300a681fefe64

This girl always had 526de4e659 a knack for finding 8bc8d7439c the answer somehow. It was intriguing.d515f8072999d19a

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Interpreting the smile as an unspoken affirmation, Vivian’s next thought,05c3b6224943b343

“Hmm, but when you visit the deceased, you’re supposed to bring flowers.”289dcec162d7a034

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Vivian’s story triggered a memory.e06415a3f3ec402e

“Well, I remembered my mother’s favorite flower.”72a653ad3fc3b68b

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“Oh! What flower is that?”bca387a9301ced4c

“It’s the marca flower that blooms only in the north…it doesn’t bloom here.”c1a3066b85d2ce02

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At this time of 9056464f48 year, marca flowers bloom 0d605e06ce in the north.fd1633f38ce2e867

In this town with its mild temperatures, they wouldn’t be available.7d6af188c2323ae5

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Just as Rahel was 2bb465681d about to give up, 382764b1b3 Vivian shouted.13c7c9489d162cfe

“Then, let’s make some.”31a236a089b71604

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“…flowers?”cca9d8b7df3c9ba1

Rahel doubted her ba9c328a5e ears.1cb4ca62e04dc5b4

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Other things were fine, 3efe243e8b but how could they 4afe34363b make flowers?0e50670450f1fe41

But Vivian 743660f8c2 nodded confidently 945b8192fa as if 38aebe4e69 she had 70e2c030dd something else 2e8ddc5bb9 in mind.30b2c72dacb1d81f

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“Yeah. Can you tell me f60b762aa9 what the flower looks 941e29b289 like?”541c7e1c23b54675

Rahel decided to 9a92ac8a03 trust her this 9214369850 time.0e3c8ffbe84385f9

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This child always 26be9bbfc5 found the answer.3a88bdc35ef8b6e7

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“See you then!”3435a9ec1a5ac598

Vivian and b2f53a05d5 Rahel parted a7280c437f ways in 69a25e5c84 front of be4244bd42 the doorstep.b7cc46e27fa60c64

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Rahel went to d38172cec0 the library to c9fd53306c find a book 78f4187110 with a picture 2d0fe51e6b of a marca 828bbf0733 flower.61828f3b20155d22

Vivian went to the b316d2c0e1 gallery to see how a79263221d they would decorate the 5a92dfe3fe area with flowers.375604a5eba3333b

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Once the 82c6ff892d two children 4b56b5fa90 had disappeared 0bd5eea4ce to do 657bd104d3 their own 6ce64fb25e thing, Sally c0c027ab6e emerged from ed27044ab6 hiding in 63c30053c4 the hallway.37a38f3dcecb98a4

‘I don’t know what you’re doing… but here’s my chance.’804fc8e6d1f50862

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You’re done for now, Vivian.ef1b22d37ff4ac0e

Their footsteps faded 658d5350b8 away completely, and a94f5b006c Sally stepped into b6a8c94039 the room with 26633f33d0 a meaningful smile.1133ed516e6c20fe

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The door 6039c9e6b5 closed quietly 054fa7328b behind her.a9135cbed84f8095

* * *fc9563e4f9311567

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“It’s done!”782d8154b7eb549c

I picked up the 753c7b8ffb paper flower.50b68ecea5f4542a

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I was worried it 01a10a2708 would be sloppy, but 8870d30ecb it turned out better f376f37b58 than I thought.6d3217b0445e1414

“Shall we 36215ab9f8 go then?”0f7a870d97961edb

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Rahel nodded.fa7f795ef6e54fea

I tucked 663752d79f the flowers b48c8b2545 into my bc7b78b2d4 bag and 2790a79c57 walked out 8522322e4a of the 4b47d3c17a room with 636c3159a5 Rahel.91df5862a209dcfa

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We were about to 05ed8703f4 sneak up the stairs 19737b320e when someone blocked the 38029d6018 way.c29642cc8f3fe5e2

“Vivian, can we fee7589873 have a word?”e299466e3ea959a2

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The nanny appeared and blocked our path. Sally’s triumphant expression as she stood next to her mother made me feel uneasy.5ff08b5dc7c92f8a

“What’s wrong, Nanny?”ea7c775f932f080f

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And my ominous predictions 9424d5f055 are never wrong.6cdb07da623392ca

Sally asked.26bad003136186c8

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“You stole the lady’s things, didn’t you?”cb9786c276c79dc1

“…What?”ec2d9a3a6866cfd3

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Before I could bbec8ab4f3 respond in confusion, a4840846c9 Rahel furrowed her d83a1e096c brow and retorted.90dde534b79497e6

“Vivian was with me, she didn’t do anything suspicious.”e7dc11c454d2fc40

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“No, because 90bc787647 the young 74136bf9f2 lady left 0b92562107 the room 1342352eaf with her 42e983daf4 earlier and c16065df10 went off 01c8af9925 separately, and e717d98311 then she 40946f71a5 snuck back f01eb4a284 into the dc4f66c90c room by d6de6b677c herself.”ccff24c6e87fb5f0

I blinked in disbelief. Of course, I hadn’t come back into the room alone.e297b95371c4cb2d

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So Sally was making up something that didn’t exist.e18621df5ea4c9d8

I answered calmly.10190c75bdef1f4d

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“I never came back to the room, and when I did, the princess was already there.”6db6222273fe0603

“Did anyone else 2d39c75404 notice that you 17c026cf36 were somewhere else 1a10cb77f5 at that time?”a8898a38036231f2

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The question ab251e79c7 left me 42e8060347 speechless.b9075735882119bc

‘There is no one to prove that I was on the fourth floor at that time.’7357a93bfc82c8cd

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The fourth 473814582d floor is 5fbb3cbfe7 a rarely 6c6a9d4c07 used place, dbdd0b4c8b with few 5a9ad4ea45 maids, and 7558ff1c18 I had 62a4748a11 to sneak e26f8062d2 around to a570bb2960 avoid being 5126057513 seen searching ee38f1ebba the gallery.473b16745dff48b5

After a moment of panic, I regained my composure and pointed out Sally’s error.ba028a1a177be14a

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“You’re not trying to prove my innocence. You’re trying to prove my guilt. Do you have any proof?”db686ad648ee2218

“The bag.”84e400f47f350b38

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Sally pointed to the bag I was carrying as if she’d been waiting for this.b45ac2838e24a272

“Open the bag.”72f99b46fc60a869

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I flinched.6473292af2fbae78

‘I didn’t see what was in there when I was putting the flowers in there…’73fd146f8d31b087

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Among other things, the 30d0ec6fc9 bag contained the paper 48e5f22331 flowers Rahel and I 1c39b34ac7 had made together.3b2bd1a595ced654

‘If anyone else sees this, I’ll have to explain what it is, and then my plan to sneak off to the corridor with Rahel will be exposed.’e80792fa7ae71dc0

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As I ff104b5203 stood there, 2be68356e7 unsure of d56c115a2d what to a719390b61 do, Sally 0a2dc8fcd5 stormed over a917a99f37 and snatched 24ce361df7 the bag ff6d6f99b6 from my 8349959bc8 hand.9c38c861600bd058

“If you’re so confident, why don’t you show us?”cb1c1980ebd66766

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She held bebb94c25b it upside 8b03a047a6 down and 4ce07ca7ce spilled out f61c1f25a0 the contents.8545c96f8262e5ee

“What do you think you’re doing!”27621ec64af45f4a

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I stopped Sally a 72addff926 beat too late, but 36245907c7 the flowers in the afbd9ee9a2 bag had already spilled 5ea8b4a379 out.deef4e7bb971ed81

And in between…24524c15c252ab3f

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What I assume to be Rahel’s hairpin rolled out.afd6c650a4c1a639