DKVM Ch 24

Chapter 24

“Then we’ll see you the day after tomorrow, Rahel.”d5c83f89bf832359

It was the day before Isela’s anniversary.852e647e81870fc9

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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.93c766ca6eb9d41e

Rahel’s brow furrowed slightly as she asked.f9397362ed8b59d2

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“Why the 10c0236da0 day after 71159de490 tomorrow? Why not tomorrow?”19de63437f07e3d1

“Tomorrow is your mother’s anniversary, don’t you have a memorial service or something?”6501de9e474e0c19

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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.a32c51e741768bf9

To honor the dead 60609a56da wherever they are.2b470bd5011e251a

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‘Considering how the duke talked about Rahel’s mother the other day, I doubt he’ll let tomorrow pass.’14e3efc970517e3e

But Vivian’s answer was unexpected.e6c27f0252d5695a

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“…I don’t do that.”9d1fb950692b4dfc

“Why?”07e13e0712b084f2

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“…”1022a14b6c8029f3

Rahel didn’t answer.9974084dfedeeab1

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Vivian observed Rahel’s expression and asked cautiously.db9eb64a3717e178

“Did you have a 3164f370a8 bad relationship with your 83ef22de15 mother?”b78ca4f1b7361a2c

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From the stories she’d heard from Karlz, Rahel’s mother seemed to be a good person, but…d668835218d80db0

‘Being a good daughter to the duke doesn’t mean she was a good mother to Rahel.’bbc3d15963f7fc16

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If Rahel was uncomfortable, I wouldn’t bring it up anymore.db2daac649e654a8

“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.”8640ee50f5a26189

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“…It’s not like that.”cea182ac21b14e81

“Then?”8609f86a0adb47b9

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Rahel hesitated for a 4ef3f540fe moment, then opened her f088523cd4 mouth.740de35c2cb8ba22

“I don’t think my grandfather would be happy that I’m memorializing my mother.”f9f5ccd89bcdc553

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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.”0dd3c5475b320a31

Rahel pursed her lips at Vivian’s question, but she couldn’t answer.4ef2a913cea6c3ab

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A memory came flooding f7b1330950 back.1a50023741b6bae2

“If it weren’t for that boy… you wouldn’t be suffering, you wouldn’t have gotten sick.”73d44a6893a164c8

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“…Father.”9498128e15003c2a

“I need to find a way to save you, Isela, or else…!”3357fcee10b32c77

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I could still hear his Grandfather’s cries, which I had overheard when Mom and I moved to the duchy.c34b0b4bc941ee3f

Of course, at that time I was too young to understand the concept of death, so I didn’t realize why Grandfather was crying.e1126d59dbc96194

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Only at Mom’s funeral did I understand what ‘death’ meant and why Grandfather cried.022f70f3ebe6a694

‘I caused Mom’s death.’592c31b5f22ee1b1

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So I didn’t go to pay my respects to Isela on the anniversary.f3d74ba3d9c03fbd

I’m afraid I’ll have to face my grandfather’s crying, and I won’t be able to run away this time.538e732c6320552d

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I hated fd558231b6 my grandfather, 04c14c2976 who would ecda53d01a surely hate 8143387dd0 me, but 02ab7a5ea4 at the d490a94108 same time, e332d8fc6b I felt 4aa002d3a2 unbearably sorry c2c56c47a2 for him.da01ab014c539395

But…9c3492d0cd60e11b

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“So Rahel, just c414f95a5c be honest with eab3127ffb me about this. Do you miss 3f7171c947 your mother?”f4ad37e61d7f2a49

Just because she felt heavy with guilt didn’t mean she didn’t miss her mother.2cc739e0963f45d3

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She was just afraid to face her grandfather’s grief and her own guilt.8071c44fc36f6aa4

Rahel spoke the c019e3a78d truth, the one f1e4aeebc4 thing she had e7477587a0 never said to 7a93d02cc7 anyone before.e50253756dccbc58

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“…To be honest, I miss her.”461d1cd1e3e88e41

I don’t know how I could miss her.9f51ebecc0b83bfc

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She was the first 1c3d039253 person in the world 3532936126 to love me, a 14790bb382 sweet person who taught 3bc0f7e104 me the fullness of ec6f4a6cce what it means to 173a955595 love, even when we 0c085f5362 lived in an old 7846448123 house with a cold e0f0eb411b winter wind chill.5b82cd45a45070ac

She was 14668e8be0 my whole 9d203a4b53 little world.0eb9a76d90aff836

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As I let out the emotions I’d been hiding from myself, they began to take shape.e80adb8c3d495ed1

I miss her.2d842df7cf7393f1

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I really miss d09c0d362a her so much.4d1d9f2fad975d45

Then Vivian suggested to 55c96125ec Rahel.db165eec68dcbc14

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“Then let’s go see your mom.”9a99adf5aad47ca1

Rahel’s eyes widened.7d056802d0356950

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“How?”1c56f8e8e93fe460

“You have a portrait of your mother in the villa, don’t you?”d99d5ef239565490

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“Yeah.”e8a546daba0b6251

“Do you know e607bd8cf3 where it is?”13184562f512b0de

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“I think it’s on the fourth floor.”f9acc8ba070a8c2e

“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?”d91e74de6b743b36

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The space for 3cb911141c honoring the dead 98e43251fa was set aside 195b485e96 in the back c48161f71e of the villa.a9664f5d93e788ac

So neither 6c3b18319c her grandfather f0476b522f nor the e0d6faf674 servants preparing c24003a86d for the e513def775 day would bbbf7cd6af be interested f3368eb3ea in a 4f1b99cac0 portrait gallery.4f30e1110167a7f5

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It was a 33a9163386 pretty good plan.8ab51556d646b0bb

“What do you say, Rahel, do you want to go to the gallery with me?”8073e1be1208b2d2

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Rahel stared 2cf21b12e4 at the 4e1ed82f6b girl after 998d0ad786 hearing her 4c048e7a84 bold question 051f1309f5 and smirked.0ef00f9c07eb0769

This girl 43df7b5198 always had 963f13f1e9 a knack f2d7a0e578 for finding 411724c341 the answer c37311c239 somehow. It was intriguing.6555f9ada8d901ca

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Interpreting the smile as an unspoken affirmation, Vivian’s next thought,cb67ee91b200b6b0

“Hmm, but when you visit the deceased, you’re supposed to bring flowers.”830f1fc1dc20d336

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Vivian’s story triggered a memory.1755e07274ee8a8b

“Well, I remembered my mother’s favorite flower.”61100306f9585106

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“Oh! What flower is 97762ba45e that?”243c09c4a5f06a01

“It’s the marca flower that blooms only in the north…it doesn’t bloom here.”3d4a8a9d3916e2ef

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At this b573326f03 time of 2f95e7a5ee year, marca 7b0047cc1f flowers bloom 627d9b8e51 in the 27def8a675 north.ce41c3ac0a9b815c

In this town with its mild temperatures, they wouldn’t be available.9fbb272344550560

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Just as fd66301988 Rahel was 82e178850a about to b6b9cb7d27 give up, 652438f0e8 Vivian shouted.1edcd8a29beb884c

“Then, let’s make some.”e16d179de3438a1d

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“…flowers?”027b6d2ee14295a3

Rahel doubted her d270f4547f ears.33a7e2ac558f3567

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Other things 3a2546a6a4 were fine, 3f85df5688 but how 604ca9dffd could they b015ad0555 make flowers?e0749b286bfe3b48

But Vivian nodded confidently 4d9f764a19 as if she had b21e253d1c something else in mind.f88fac5a65c0f539

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“Yeah. Can you 7f9bd22677 tell me 822bca6c9a what the 8ee46a0e69 flower looks d4f5558dbf like?”90de3c32730d08c0

Rahel decided eba35a180c to trust 4fb5ca7388 her this e685c940c6 time.d05ddc08dac2a2ff

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This child f55f0dad9b always found 49fa727b73 the answer.f2b85f9381d21edc

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“See you then!”18160afe923402ce

Vivian and Rahel 12d8ee7252 parted ways in be404c82cf front of the 90cab30883 doorstep.63c159609a1ea459

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Rahel went 36afed21af to the 5decb166e8 library to 1891a53d7b find a f3b498f1b5 book with d3869de13b a picture 5de0a120e2 of a 5d931100e1 marca flower.9a8b8ca1d3bf72a3

Vivian went 7e3f694e88 to the 8069bcebc4 gallery to bd72a0f68b see how 831c1aadf9 they would 630a833fad decorate the 7f8f444021 area with a27914efaa flowers.571ac8b6520dd131

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Once the two children 06b2e9aa62 had disappeared to do 0239924ebf their own thing, Sally b31728efbc emerged from hiding in a63a1af520 the hallway.9213d415e21d51fc

‘I don’t know what you’re doing… but here’s my chance.’501246d4fb418eac

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You’re done for now, Vivian.0af4e0342b51c0c8

Their footsteps faded away 67b9e8bd62 completely, and Sally stepped 6924486efe into the room with 31449b7497 a meaningful smile.e47efb93c705ed09

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The door closed quietly 044365085a behind her.ebf3c0690eaae518

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“It’s done!”80dfa8c70042a636

I picked up ae435f8418 the paper flower.016dee759953a6f6

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I was worried e78981517c it would be 3b5cf33f62 sloppy, but it 2df9f0f1c4 turned out better 7626121eca than I thought.6ae5fe31ee89f989

“Shall we go then?”36ed24ee0775f84e

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Rahel nodded.c8b1464b1fae7994

I tucked the flowers 4b95ab60e6 into my bag and 5309b38c58 walked out of the 0bbf478458 room with Rahel.f5c5e331062e7e8e

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We were 374b7a6907 about to a3be3027d9 sneak up 842bd5f9c8 the stairs d11f609407 when someone 36a734421a blocked the d8490d6f0c way.dfc235313636c423

“Vivian, can afc7f14634 we have 44d7d02489 a word?”176dfcd1a36e1425

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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.422026eeb5d2ceda

“What’s wrong, Nanny?”f4144b1b128a05ab

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And my ominous 3ab00622d9 predictions are never a93a797a63 wrong.715c1219170a96f7

Sally asked.374845e632f05de9

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“You stole the lady’s things, didn’t you?”b73335df1823e13b

“…What?”5118cfc3bf8dd06d

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Before I 9f56659a9c could respond 241782fde7 in confusion, 3788431ec3 Rahel furrowed fdb78c9557 her brow 1a49643ce3 and retorted.8f01239ec6ea6460

“Vivian was with me, she didn’t do anything suspicious.”2fdabbe121e9a604

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“No, because a8fb4f8101 the young 3f5285885d lady left 9c44477fb5 the room a2b98c9db7 with her 2d4ca1b646 earlier and cae159463d went off 64e8697fd5 separately, and 42dd026412 then she 046e8211ba snuck back e5c828a317 into the ebd9ce955b room by 81abc978df herself.”e53f76abe6ea5163

I blinked in disbelief. Of course, I hadn’t come back into the room alone.12412b778394272e

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So Sally was making up something that didn’t exist.a03a1a07adbce270

I answered calmly.cd048d52f44d7d21

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“I never came back to the room, and when I did, the princess was already there.”21bdc5e3ecc1894d

“Did anyone 937d0405b0 else notice 7994180885 that you 2ff7421380 were somewhere 9dc6c1866e else at 213efce6c1 that time?”12833b58f37a818c

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The question 037aa89678 left me 0970c96d30 speechless.e79f0147b0e4d942

‘There is no one to prove that I was on the fourth floor at that time.’1f1cc8407256abfa

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The fourth floor is af7fac4860 a rarely used place, 7f3211ba04 with few maids, and 8f708cc6b1 I had to sneak 86cd965f22 around to avoid being 5c1bc58797 seen searching the gallery.0f1082c372cd8621

After a moment of panic, I regained my composure and pointed out Sally’s error.90969f5316fb1d2d

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“You’re not trying to prove my innocence. You’re trying to prove my guilt. Do you have any proof?”db5fe49a3b5ce616

“The bag.”4dbd425d80779f8d

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Sally pointed to the bag I was carrying as if she’d been waiting for this.eab216855dd20053

“Open the bag.”2fc6e376acad3411

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I flinched.8ae657b1bc30a904

‘I didn’t see what was in there when I was putting the flowers in there…’800fa1e6e64a81dd

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Among other things, 73d34a346f the bag contained cba6f00d1b the paper flowers 98007454df Rahel and I e41a926405 had made together.b20097cf83aa8cc9

‘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.’8ab544bab66908d9

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As I stood ba3e6fd3af there, unsure of 804ac5db8e what to do, 59be4e641a Sally stormed over 60b8b3cfb9 and snatched the 4920fb7508 bag from my b61f41e166 hand.6bbb3725588a3d34

“If you’re so confident, why don’t you show us?”2bb04a9ea6339744

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She held it 0b45b4aece upside down and 957343acda spilled out the e1dac60940 contents.56b0398531c08049

“What do you think you’re doing!”32609b3a7113ff1b

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I stopped Sally 2155cf3784 a beat too d348a5fc77 late, but the dd64ea8e54 flowers in the a12b71f109 bag had already c41ec8d47e spilled out.b5071da63b001111

And in between…15665155f35bf02c

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What I assume to be Rahel’s hairpin rolled out.f077ecb26cb8da1c