Ashley Bowen let go of Mary Preston's hand and looked at her in confusion. "Mom, who are they?"
"The two in pink are Elaine and Chloe. They're sisters. You and Elaine were as close as sisters yourself. She used to manage your entire daily life here in the palace," Mary Preston explained patiently. These were all things Ashley had told her before, and now she was just giving them back.
'Elaine…' The name sounded so familiar, yet she couldn't recall a thing.
Elaine froze on the spot. After a few seconds of stunned silence, she finally burst into tears, rushed over to Ashley Bowen, and threw her arms around her.
"Where did you go? How could you be gone for five years without a single word? We thought... we thought you were dead... SOB..."
Even Mary Preston and Vivian Lee hadn't cried this hard when they first saw her again. It was clear just how deep Elaine's feelings for her ran.
