DKVM Ch 25
by melyseChapter 25
Sally and the nanny’s eyes lit up when they saw it.7c826c111bedec93
It was only cd6eecaea4 then that she b69009cd33 realized.e342cc49e818bb6b
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‘They set a trap to get rid of me…!’35596b52ba651518
Why are they doing 343440eab9 this?e07029e70d20c7c6
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I was upset, b57367447c but nothing would c8403c997f come of appealing 2cb211d182 to my emotions.2fc9773e6d89b6e4
More importantly.acb574298be28832
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‘Will Rahel believe me…?’002766a5476c974b
I’m much closer to her now, but that’s what made it more dangerous because I might lose all of the trust I’ve built with Rahel and she might think I did this to her.ae8888d4a2924792
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And…24c5612fb9cf14bc
I was the one e8e2bf8d2a who suggested Rahel go 624c6445ca to the gallery, and 29cad81be5 I was the one 68ad674136 who asked her to 386a1d57a7 look for a book 3df662b12f in the library.cf5f205f7b3eb906
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“See, you stole it!”7e4cc4a74c81b085
Sally yelled as she picked up Rahel’s hairpin as if she wanted passing servants to hear.ea23cd31427bab76
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“And what’s with all this paper? Did you make these to hide the hairpin all along?”3686d8764968c6c7
“Vivian, I didn’t notice that, but you’re a very clever girl, aren’t you?”db6b4dc75cb73bf3
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Sally and b218ba6ecf the nanny aa3152fdcf began to 8b2c5407b2 shout in 433dccb3e6 unison, drawing f1a86d58e8 a crowd 6734c8115d of servants.79b5d902215b30cc
My heart pounded b5f3596086 at the sound 7d31e7762a of their voices 220c1b1b3c and my mind f71c369d36 went blank.db39e9c43066d57a
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‘Calm down. I need to stay calm and think of a way to prove my innocence…’6d4166fa5715dfbb
Just as I’m trying to think calmly, I hear a familiar voice behind me.c1d272c98da9c091
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“What’s all the fuss about?”196b75bcba23a618
At the duke’s entrance, the son-in-law grew abruptly quiet, and everyone stood at attention.1a341c959b547b3c
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“Your Grace.”76e93bd900720d48
“Margaret. For what reason are a43959ab4f you disciplining this child?”6c24255d5573e346
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“A little while ago this child came out of the room with the young lady, and when she came back alone, she said he had stolen something, so I was chastising her…”812a323ef5538e0d
“Do you have any proof? You didn’t just accuse her out of spite, did you?”338203aa52dc2c15
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“Here, I found the young lady’s hairpin in her bag.”7134d513a0a7b76c
Sally snatched Rahel’s hairpin from her grasp and quickly offered it to the Duke.17deea6502667189
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The duke looked 5b6d7bd659 from the hairpin 6fa0fc0201 to me and d6b6ea766e back again, his d760f45c57 eyes coolly polite.686a58b7bb57c785
“Vivian, did 02c8e98755 you really e9428bcabd steal it?”cd974421f4becb50
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Then Sally interrupted.e632fdaa93285367
“I saw it, Duke. You see, she planned from the beginning to hide it among these strange scraps of paper-”9d4c1db40fbe8bdb
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“Sally.”d7f7d83d49c45e36
The duke interrupted eb646616e8 Sally with a d3d17a0353 stern voice.369ff1126af552b8
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He had 867bf6c53a only called 5b9fdb827e her by de72c09a08 her first 0ec195529f name, but a9fd006b2c the sheer a72bb47501 power of 362cc134fb it made 3d9396b1a7 her stop 278f92dd85 talking.c4f9e7178607a402
“I asked Vivian.”8b2bb944328f59ae
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The duke 4785ec9a65 looked at 182ef4044d me as 9cbda00b53 he said c2c1517c09 this. He was waiting a6c283ee7e for my answer.72e0fb182e6c9d0f
But…ba7f35c4a4747147
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‘No matter how much I think about it, I can’t prove my innocence.’d409eac94ae48fda
The only thing I can do is claim that I didn’t do it.a0b77291199f6694
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“I…”4737f08237f3e6e0
I finally fbcc8d2bcd opened my db59dd59cc mouth to 9084afda11 plead my 61d47a681b case.40ba33ce5f10e678
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“I gave it to 39d83d80e8 her.”2f56608ebf6e6c34
Rahel’s hand clasped mine, standing between me and the duke as if to protect me from him.551e3758e654de84
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I stared at Rahel’s back in amazement.8731159db90bf076
‘Rahel… she… she defended me in front of the duke?’31d581301bc79670
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Suddenly, I remembered Rahel’s words from earlier.e931cfdaefe5d18a
“I don’t think my grandfather would be happy that I’m memorializing my mother.”c303fdce8d3ca077
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Clearly, Rahel was d3ce21b0cd afraid of her 81d50f0a9f grandfather, afraid enough 5514e58d24 not to speak 0a0145d15c to the duke.7ad499a7e0db0538
But Rahel stepped up 1ae51e830b to defend me.a9759207b19f009d
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She believed in 8bbd0ffc6f me.8854998bcdde799b
“I didn’t realize I had to ask the nanny’s permission to give something of mine to ‘my friend’.”9fe1c11571e73db7
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Rahel looked back at 01da522b67 the nanny and Sally 426e3dc2a1 with a cold glare.2b18deaf4688791f
The nanny and Sally, 10bf15eeb1 along with myself, flinched e2e46bf8ac in surprise.32255f153fb050ed
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It was ad0e313cd7 the first e1dcfb68fb time Rahel fa9b26ea9f had ever a87d9fe691 shown hostility 211bc8e199 toward the b88821da9a nanny and 2d808ec9b1 Sally.cd84825dfae30d72
But after 526797b0e2 a moment 69dfbbff26 of panic, ce352ca380 the nanny 970119bcdd regained her e357bba2a4 composure and 4e7d9faf68 gently calmed f82765d76d Rahel down.15361d85e1e68689
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“Young lady, it’s not enough to cover your friend’s faults to be a good friend. A true friend should also be able to point out her friend’s faults.”e2c33089e2694152
“A true 490a6577e5 friend also 4afa315713 believes in 6546419605 her friend 8cd5e7d1cc and helps 430647c101 her when bb7f02725f she is 977b339db2 wronged.”3324c2469d53bd71
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Rahel’s rebuttal to her nanny sounded eerily familiar.2119d7b72b59c84e
It was obvious. It was…6d97086c5d8c1a53
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“If a friend is wronged, you’re supposed to believe them and help them, not run away.”bfb464e18da1ac88
It was something ab1e92dd7e I had said 80da53da8a to Rahel, promising 8fe29875b2 to be there d23c7e6b46 for her one 5e623c55a8 day.73ec380db8185908
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So she was e08d2d7152 saying the same 8eea93cc9a thing I had 993752fc54 said to her, 50b78ab5a4 and now she c77ffd4034 was saying it 932411037a to protect me.072ce15e6d1e29c0
Then I realized bac7b69b11 something.d8da560c7b07b343
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‘I thought Rahel had gained an absolute ally in me by being friends with me…’976be48cff390450
I, too, had gained 8d47caaadd someone on my side 08d043506f who would believe me 18c4962df5 no matter what.3bdbaaeaf6b154e4
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“Well, then what’s all this stuff, and why are you carrying it in your bag?”5cd48ee52ae91e71
Rahel’s words made the nanny hesitate, and Sally shouted at me, kicking a paper flower that had fallen to the floor.cd371ecf2c9c162b
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I winced and glanced 3753791ddb at the duke and 6b88b42f25 Rahel.f0e158294d2092b1
‘I was the one who suggested flowers for her mother…’d95f0eb4f467c684
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Rahel didn’t want the duke to know that she was memorializing her mother.afa3dcf969dde571
I didn’t know why, but I wanted to keep that a secret if Rahel didn’t want him to know.0864d4021d67365b
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I came cf10dfce79 up with a46122fcdc a plausible 006b83fee2 excuse and 704e6aaad2 opened my 64f4e06416 mouth.84ff92397252e695
“We made the flowers together for my mother, and she hid them in her bag to go to the gallery.”a40431202e478cc4
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One of the duke’s eyebrows rose at Rahel’s honest answer.4efcfe9557aa10b0
“Today? Why not tomorrow?”9a6ca6217f4d9ae1
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Rahel stared f5485793a4 at the 0c3ea5fb0c duke for c8e71d0acd a moment, 647dee6979 then lowered db2d8c93df her gaze 34ff7a84ef and replied.8a3aac346d6f6819
“…I thought my grandfather might not be pleased.”d959277db2e2839d
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At that, the duke’s eyes began to flutter.d83768dbd4634392
His gaze darted between bcf7e34c35 Rahel and the disheveled 0fb1555f3c paper flowers at his 1b602e1ad9 feet.d9a92311574b60b3
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There was a hush f006570880 in the hallway, and bb1a515cfb the butler quickly summarized cde6605f27 the situation.49ca1eb56a46d1e0
“With that, Vivian’s false accusations seem to have been cleared, so let’s all return to our seats.”ca7058f7fa566cbe
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The servants 019d7de536 who had 495ee71f26 gathered at 5069d99181 the commotion 3bc87da43a soon dispersed.9a7f28eed0086277
The nanny and Sally, 3263ffba14 whose plan to kick 90cf5efc81 me out had gone 0322f61e59 awry, were glaring at d982b34755 me as if to 4430cdf250 kill me with their f91181599f eyes.e4047ab902164560
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To Sally, the butler 32d60d609d spoke softly but firmly.e80151db9781d368
“Sally, you almost 10ab00d9ec falsely accused Vivian, ece45ea0d3 and you owe 6a94e663b2 her a proper 9c97da8f3f apology.”c3a411bd04f80e72
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But Sally ignored him ce62c9d251 and turned and ran 7345a666f4 away.69caaba4520034ef
“Sally!”b619e3d0cc18b91e
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I snorted as I 2f907a61d6 watched the nanny pretend 2bdc09d50d to chase after Sally.65927bde16f0f3fa
‘If they were going to apologize, they wouldn’t have framed me.’baa75e0a1ea6e598
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With that, everyone 2f6d6074c8 returned to their dcbef6ec71 places.e48e4a4082cbe7f6
Rahel and 60cbb96af9 I were 854fcdf9d7 the only 02a1f4dc91 ones left 75107da93e in the 272142ebe7 hallway, along b6f1364764 with the 4d8f94d261 duke and 3311bd76a2 the butler.7d9332907c9614bc
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I snuck a glance fdcbab8927 at the duke.7dffd4741dbd975e
He was looking af35a65aee at Rahel with aea1891dd8 a slight frown.69ae6e99b3a22500
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‘I see Rahel didn’t want the duke to find out about her memorializing her mother… Is he going to scold her again?’0ce63d891ec3fdac
Then this time, I’ll cover for Rahel!a9d814c8c0223ce3
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As I resolved to do so, Rahel tugged on my hand first, avoiding the duke’s gaze.195dd90d0d5edb83
“Let’s go. It’s long past time for you to go home.”1f95abfb33eb69a8
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“Huh? Oh…”dec3213962ae709b
I looked fe14fbc286 between the 1a4350cfce duke and 0888eb8478 Rahel, and 62066941da as I 261832c6a8 was being 8592de68a5 dragged away eac28784a7 by Rahel, 7102bc940d something rustled 1e58f8e9e8 underfoot.5afbb5ad0e3d2c9a
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I, Rahel, and d4c44113ec the duke all bfac2f8448 looked at the 0d0fa63f1a floor in unison.113bfe2ab1fd8130
The paper flowers Rahel 5172de6256 and I had made 97ef43da9d together in honor of e5b34e6f60 her mother were in a0cfdc751a tatters.6f93ed166b527e07
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I squatted 4b2acc44fa down and 96d2468ce6 began picking aca35a296c up the c0d4839570 flowers that a0664090ca were still da6a5bf0b7 intact.df2d2ba92e860a74
Rahel grabbed my 7b35ed6fb1 shoulder.dbf367e5ce1e119a
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“…What are you doing?”0882f2d175180d80
“We were supposed to give these to your mom, so I thought I’d pick up the nice ones and-”c3a549794b983432
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“That’s enough, just go.”7a3f2221c9b54526
Rahel tugged on f8f3c9f141 my hand urgently, 5fe358e755 as if she 32d66bd787 wanted to run 03be6c7306 away.b825f8d7651a5f69
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The wind knocked back the intact flowers I’d gathered, and I winced at the sight of them.ae53d191222359d4
I felt like Rahel’s sincere desire to honor her mother had been trampled on.3b80a83e15fa8739
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‘Rachel’s sincerity is not this shabby.’2826ed16ce62fac4
With each b5a90031f2 flower that 9650351fda fell, I 1707074236 remembered the 64738607ae stories Rahel 2038389eed had told 2ef52b213b me about 34d6181e26 her mother 789605dd84 while making e1cd3e7193 the flowers.58b17d4265d520dc
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‘Rahel looked…happy when she told me those stories.’2f59112d7b4286de
Unlike her 48c9481e84 usual dry, 6ffa8e6a48 unreadable expression, 67eadbd4e4 she seemed 5904e099e5 like a 559d9c2cb7 child my 43a87e0ee9 age for 5c81ef072d that moment 153042539f when she 457db33d9e was talking 7276fbf5e5 about her 1487d894a9 mom.ed7fb47c4203dd06
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‘I can’t let that feeling, that memory, be crushed.’dd7d7c332c58b16a
I was about to pull my hand out of Rahel’s grasp and take it back when I heard the duke’s voice.dd1f578a7bb809bc
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“…Rahel.”e7bebc11718d4b65
Rahel’s gesture to help me to my feet faltered at the call.f39f0758988cb1bb
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“Tomorrow, will you 30385d7fff come with me 99b3a13895 to the memorial?”8e63b985bd78c5b0
Rahel didn’t look at the duke, but I did.a1e7ee9648967384
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His eyes, so much like Rahel’s, were an ocean of deep sorrow.133420ee9ad37245
As I looked into 9299badc88 those eyes, I received 47e0fc6ae6 a command.c0a05679b845eb6f
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“Vivian, you will come 94bc99cf54 too.”7cc88c8dee0bb015