Chapter  314

LUMINA And they thought my sons were damaged weapons who should be locked away. I moved through the rest of my shopping list mechanically, barely seeing what I was putting in my cart. Groceries, household items, the special ingredients I'd planned to use for tonight's celebratory dinner----none of it seemed to matter anymore.   "Luna Lumina," a soft voice said, and I looked up to find Mrs. Chen standing in front of me again, her expression troubled.   "I... I wanted to apologize. For earlier. For being weird when I saw you. I've heard the gossip, and I didn't know what to say, so I just... avoided saying anything. But that was wrong."   I studied her face, looking for signs of deception or manipulation. But all I saw was genuine discomfort and what looked like actual remorse.   "You don't agree with them?" I asked carefully. "With what they're saying about my family?"   "No," Mrs. Chen said firmly. "My daughter goes to school with Lake. She came home last week talking about how nice he