128 Hidden in Plain Sight

Weston raised a brow. "We can just uproot them, Your Grace."

Adeline shook her head. "No, that's exactly what she wants me to do. She wants me to destroy the flowers that symbolize my good friend." 

Weston smiled meaningfully at her words. She had thought in advance of what would happen. Dorothy could've used the uprooting excuse as a way of separating Lydia Claymore from Adeline, but that strategy will likely never work out. It would be impossible to separate childhood friends, especially with Lydia's attachment to the mellow Adeline.

Weston sometimes wondered why Lydia clung onto Adeline. But he glanced at her and had a feeling of why. There was something calming about Adeline's aloof and quiet status, as if she valued nothing in this world, not even herself. It was part of human nature to want something that didn't want you.