Chapter 7
I heard the sound of a car door closing and turned to see Simon getting out of the car.
He draped his coat over my shoulders. My face, pale from the cold, was visible to everyone, yet no one acknowledged it.
Only Simon, knowing full well that he wasn't welcome here, still got out of the car.
"Are you going back to the orphanage?"
My father, Landon Lane, approached with a cold face. "I told you, you're a Lane now, stop running off to that place."
"We've already sent money to Olivia. If reporters see you constantly going back there, they'll think the Lane family isn't treating you well."
My mother, Jessica Lane, walked over, her gaze indifferent, as though I didn't even exist in her world.
"Your sister just got returned. It's too cold outside for her to stand for long. You
