She treated Tracy completely like air, never giving her a pleasant look, not caring in the least who the real mistress of this house was.
Tracy didn't mind; after all, she was nothing more than an unnecessary person here, and in her heart she had always assumed they were in a romantic relationship.
It was just that Tracy had never seen her and Lorraine Hanson show any overly intimate behavior; on the contrary, it was usually Grace Parker who was more proactive, often clinging to the man's arm as if no one else existed, her body leaning against his.
She didn't know if it was her imagination, but every time that happened, Lorraine Hanson would always unobtrusively move away. The movement wasn't obvious, but Tracy noticed it.
At those moments she would think, maybe it was because she was there. Even if she was only a wife in name, Lorraine was still giving her some face, not making things too humiliating for her.
