Sophia slowly walked into the hall with a sixpenny black plastic bag in her hand. Only the Anderson family's relatives were invited to George's 75th birthday banquet.
With nearly thirty people toasting each other in the hall, the atmosphere was lively indeed.
Both Ruby and Joseph were on the scene, but George and Emery Fisher, Sophia's grandmother, did not come downstairs yet.
Grace, Sophia's stepmother, held the arm of Legend Anderson, Sophia's father, and the two of them were holding glasses of wine and chatting with those relatives.
"You're... Sophia?"
Standing next to Ruby, Zoe Anderson, the daughter of Sophia's uncle, tilted her head unwittingly and saw Sophia striding into the hall with a plastic bag.
At her words, someone beside Zoe rolled her eyes and said sourly, "What's the
