Chapter 419

Camila Harrington sniffled, her nose slightly sour as she picked up her phone and called back Nina Hale. The phone rang for a long time, but no one answered. Probably busy, she thought with a sigh. Her eyes drifted towards Lottie's room, where her little girl was sound asleep, before she dialed her mom, Beatrice Fairchild. The mother-daughter conversation carried on for quite a while. Camila kept most of her recent troubles to herself, worried her mom's health couldn’t take it. Instead, she mainly chatted about day-to-day things, focusing mostly on topics about Lottie. Even as they were about to hang up, her mom lingered, softly repeating Lottie's name over and over again, as if trying to savor her presence through the phone. Camila's heart ached. She knew the quiet Beatrice had grown even more closed off since everything fell apart in their lives. Her mom no longer went out to meet friends or attend events. It was just her and her studio now, day after day. The only time she’d seemed