Chapter 170

OLIVIA After completing her chemotherapy treatments, Grandma’s condition finally stabilized. Although she still needed time to regain her strength, she insisted on returning to Bakersfield to recuperate. With Christmas approaching, I couldn’t bring myself to refuse her request. Fortunately, our previous apartment was still available. I signed a new lease with the landlord as soon as we arrived. We had only moved in yesterday, and the kitchen was still empty, so that morning I decided to buy breakfast from the diner near our apartment. I was just about to step inside when a woman standing near the entrance caught my attention. She was wearing an eye-catching pink faux-fur coat that looked completely out of place in front of the modest little diner. A pair of oversized sunglasses covered half of her face, making her impossible to ignore. She looked as if she had just arrived in town. In one hand, she was pulling a white suitcase, while the other carried a white Chanel bag, as though she