"I didn't, i really don't have anything to do with her." Mr. Guzman insisted again.
This was because none of the won looked like they believed in. Mr. Guzman groaned, and the baby fussed so Eliza gave him all of her attention briefly.
Mackie continued talking because the truth telling talisman was still active.
"I t him at the Sunflower ball at the old Grata gardens. I did not have many friends and none of the young n was eager to dance with . I am not even ugly but they just wanted Liz, not her uglier photocopy.
I went to the bathroom and hid in there for two hours, waiting for the ball to enter its last thirty minutes and i could finally show my face.
When it was ti, i made my way out of the bathroom quickly and happened to bump into him. I thought that i would go crashing to the ground but he caught ." Mackie's voice softened. "I looked up at him and found myself drowning in the most beautiful brown eyes i have ever seen.
I will never forget how he smiled at and apologized for bumping into . He took my hand and escorted back to the gardens.
I thought that would be the end of it but the last song was playing and he asked to dance. He was not like the others, he was kind and nice. When we danced under that soft glow of the moon, i knew it was love imdiately."
Mr. Guzman choked on his breath and he started coughing, beating a hand on his chest.
"Shhh!" Connie hushed him.
The story was just getting good, the girl did not want to miss a single word.
"I don't rember this.." Mr. Guzman mumbled.
"Shh!" Connie complained again, glaring this ti.
Mr. Guzman could not see Connie but he could hear the shushing. He detected the irritation in the tone of the invisible ghost so he sealed his lips.
"He even escorted to the drinks table and got a lemonade." Mackie smiled. "We talked about the yellow carnations which had been used to decorate the gardens. He said it was ironic how flowers that symbolize rejection, sorrow, disappointnt and apologies had been used as part of the the.
I told him that sunflowers were out of style, even though it was the Sunflower ball, they were not using sunflowers anymore."
Mackie tilted her head. "There were a few sunflowers mixed in the carnations, he picked one up and gave it to . He told that they symbolized admiration, loyalty, positivity and nourishing. He said every beautiful lady deserved one sunflower a day."
Eliza turned her head and she glared at her husband. That particular line about one sunflower a day was very familiar. Her husband also gifted her one sunflower each day, when they were out of season, he would give her a dried one.
"I don't rember this!!" Mr. Guzman groaned.
Mackie's smile dimd. "That's when my parents showed up, it was ti to go ho. They t him and introduced themselves, they were so excited to et the next Guzman family heir.
On the way ho, they talked about bringing our families closer and mother proposed marriage.
My heart almost flew out of my chest, i was so excited.
For a month mother t up with mama Guzman and courted her. The Guzman's finally ca over to our house for dinner, i heard whispers that it was because our two families were preparing for an engagent.
Obviously, it was my engagent, i was the one that had t the Guzman heir.
I was the one that danced with him, I laughed with him. We both liked sunflowers and we found founding society balls ridiculous.
I was so giddy at the aspect of becoming his wife. I put on my best dress and went downstairs for dinner. But, when i got there, i saw a most horrific sight"
Mackie pointed at Eliza. "You, Eliza, you howrecker had sohow returned early from college and you were sitting next to my man. You were smiling at him, batting your seductive lashes and charming him. He is a fool like all those other n that chased you because he was eating it up.
All through dinner, he did not look my way and aside from the briefest head nod of acknowledgent when i greeted him, he did not attempt to communicate with .
The next day, an announcent was made, a match between the two families had been confird and you my sister were to be the bride."
She laughed, the laughter high pitched and shrill__, a cackle that was sharp and made Mackie look insane.
"You stole him from and married him, the Guzman heir and I..." She pointed to herself, "I married an ordinary no na doctor from a family of commoners because none of the sons of the founding families wanted , not even the useless ones.
And then it beca worse, even though i married two years after you, we both sohow got pregnant at the sa ti. The universe was not done with torturing because i lost my child, the doctors said i had a dical condition. I could not carry a child in my womb to the end, they even suggested that i get a hysterectomy.
My poor baby was taken from and
while i was still wallowing in misery two months later, you were glowing. You threw a big baby shower and got all those great expensive gifts.
I will never forget how you put your hands around my shoulder Eliza and you whispered, "It's okay, i have a feeling that your baby is watching over mine. You can consider my child yours, we are sisters after all, what's mine is yours."
Mackie snorted and laughed wildly.
"You were clearly mocking . You went on to cut your big cake and kiss your husband then continued to live your happy lives while I lived in darkness alone. That's when i realized that you Eliza, were my nesis. Everything in my life that had gone wrong was because of you.
My misery always leads back to you so i made my mind up to ruin you. I had to do sothing that would tornt you forever while tarnishing your image in society. People needed to point and whisper because finally, you had failed at sothing.
All those suitors you once had needed to feel lucky because they did not marry you. Your husband needed to regret his choice in taking you as his wife.
I got pregnant again the next month later and i started looking for a way to save my child. Lindsay Vulcan recomnd a warlock in Magic city. I flew all the way there and he told about magical surrogacy.
He asked if i had any close female relatives that were pregnant and naturally, my mind went to you.
He used our dates of birth and predicted dates of birth for your children to swap the fates of our children. Then he gave a talisman and also so snake blood that i fed to you in a strawberry drink.
I waited for three months while playing the role of a good sister. Finally it happened, you had your first child and he died, but mine lived. After that, all your other children provided life for mine."
Unsettling laughter fell through her lips. It echoed through the silence in the room, provoking the couple that was teetering on the edge of control.
"How do you like it Liz? What's yours really beca mine. I technically have three Guzman heirs that you nurtured for . They may not be your husband's children biologically but spiritually, they are his. I guess in the end, i got a piece of him too."
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