The Double or more Life of the Fake Heiress (Mirabella) novel Chapter 294

Mirabella quickly tapped Messenger, her fingers flying across the screen as she shot a text to the contact nicknamed "Delilah" in her phone—her mom. [Mom, what are you and Dad doing here?]

Yes, as she had ascended the podium, a quick scan of the audience had revealed two sneakily ducking heads. They weren't just anybody; they were Delilah and Shawn, her parents.

Despite their attempts to blend in, wearing baseball caps as a disguise, the pair's shifty antics were too conspicuous to miss.

Delilah's phone was on silent, so she didn't notice her daughter's message immediately. Only after a few minutes, when checking the time, did she see it.

Delilah: [Ah, sweetie, what are you talking about?]

Mirabella's lips twitched in amusement as she texted back, [I spotted you both, blue cap and black cap.]

In the audience below the stage, Delilah gave her husband, sitting beside her, a nudge. "Look, our girl's seen us."

Shawn glanced at her phone screen, and after a moment, pride swelled in his chest. "Girl's got sharp eyes."

"But where in the world did she get such a fluent French from?" Shawn stroked his chin, genuinely surprised. This level of proficiency wasn't something you'd expect from the small-town French standards of the town she grew up in.

"She's had a tutor, right? Maybe the tutor taught her?" Delilah mentioned offhandedly.

Hearing his wife's suggestion, Shawn nodded, thinking it quite plausible. He remembered that box of fine coffee beans—the tutor's gift.

"Let's ask her later, see if we can take her tutor out for dinner sometime," Shawn said slowly.

"Sounds good," Delilah agreed with a nod.

An hour later.