Chapter 26 Billionaire's Lies

• Benedict hadn't come home again, but Sabrina was so accustomed to that becoming her reality. Nights turned into eternities of endless silences, and hope, clung to helplessly about his returning to her, slowly flew out the window. She had grown used to the emptiness; the hollow ache that arose from sharing a life with someone who hardly gave her a moment's notice. So, she went to the Thompson house, where she intended to visit her mother, Leila, who for the last twenty years had been the maid for Benedict's family.
• Memories of her childhood flooded through her mind as she stepped into the familiar mansion. There, after school, she spent a few hours with her mother, who folded laundry or prepared meals for the Thompsons. Even then, she'd catch glimpses of Benedict in the halls, though he never really noticed her. Years later, now she was his wife, yet he barely acknowledged her.
• It was in the kitchen that Sabrina encountered Leila, her mother's hands now bearing witness to years of service, polishing silverware with motions slower and more cautious than before. The arthritis was just beginning to take hold in her mother, and it was painful to watch her struggle through the chores and tasks of daily living.