Chapter 1195 Time is Running Out

Since that day, the manor's been pretty chill.

Amanda's been looking after Joe herself and stopped bugging Sadie to hang out with him.

But Amanda still finds time to play with the kids, teaching them to paint and whipping up cute desserts.

All the kids except Noah seem to dig her.

Sadie knew her warning worked, but she still felt uneasy and told Annika and Arya to keep a close eye on the kids.

Jesse kept the manor safe. A few times, some folks tried to sneak in, but he chased them off. He always felt like he had some secret backup. He figured Joe had set it up, so he didn't make a big deal out of it.

Time dragged on in these busy but uneventful days, and before they knew it, there were only three days left until Sadie and Micah's agreed date. Sadie watched the days tick by, feeling more and more bummed out because there was no word from Newark.

Since that call, Micah hadn't reached out to her or Noah.

twice because he missed Sadie, but

Noah and Mia on the video

asked, "Nathan, what's up? Why are

tears and choking up. "You guys are with Mom, and

She felt bad for him and tried to wipe his tears through the screen, but obviously, she

lately," Nathan whispered, looking down sadly. He wasn't good at lying and didn't want

as cheerful as before and had become sad,

to pick me up, and then we can see each other," Mia tried to comfort him, her heart aching. Then she complained angrily, "I've been calling Daddy, but I can't get through. What's he doing? Why isn't he

to do. We need to understand him," Noah said sternly, not happy with Mia's criticism of Micah. "Last time Dad called us,

not daring to say

sick. Don't blame him," Nathan

sickness does Dad have?"

I..." Nathan stammered, looking around

quickly," Noah

to school now," Nathan said hurriedly and

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