Chapter 0281

Nora and Theo arrive around thirty minutes later. Like I said, I haven’t been outside since that short trip

from the hospital

I was dying to see how the city had changed. Four years is a lot of time for a fast–moving city like this one

to stay the same.

When the doorbell rings, I get up excitedly and open the door.

“Are you and lo

you and Iris ready?” Nora asks.

She was buzzing with the same excitement as me. I let both of them hug me. Being in their arms felt so

wonderful and familiar. Like it was something I constantly got from them.

“Yes, let me just get her.”

I turn around and head back to the living room. Picking up my daughter, I say a hurried goodbye to Teresa,

then leave the house.

I was about to climb into their car when a b*dyguard stops me.

“I’m sorry, ma’am, but I can’t let you leave,” he says, dampening the excitement.

I didn’t know his name, though I’ve seen him a couple of times while he was patrolling the compound.

“Why not?”

“I’m just following orders,” he replies kindly, but it honestly pisses me off.

“Call him,” I demand, my voice harder than I’d expected,

Almost reluctantly, he takes his phone from his pocket and dials it. I would have called Rowan myself, but

I didn’t want to admit to anyone that I was struggling to read the names saved on my phone.

“What’s going on? Theo asks from behind.

I raise my hand to stop him. I wasn’t coming off as rude; I was just frustrated. I hated feeling like I was

caged. Like I was a prisoner in my own house.

hands over

His voice is hard and

the b*dyguard preventing me

You can send him or he can drive

her and Theo… I have nothing to do so I want to leave with

I hand over the phone to him. He walks a couple of meters from us. When he is done, he comes back and

the phone

Nora asks

long as we take extra b*dyguards with

b*dyguards will drive

He nods. “Yes sir”

take long for them to organize themselves. A few minutes later, we are on the

we pull up at a fancy restaurant.

and me out

hold her?” Nora asks as

problem with it, so I hand Iris over to her. She smiles wide as she stares at me, daughter.

granddaughter.

the b*dyguards stay outside, while a

us, she directs us to a VIP section. It was obvious that the couple had money and were well known. It reminded

more about Ethan?” I ask them the moment that the

sure we’re settled

before

Rowan told

adopted son, Iris’s father and that he’s in

that he couldn’t have known Ethan well. These two have

Maybe I can get to

do you want to know about him?” Nora

Do you visit him??

I

now awake, but I didn’t take her

so there wasn’t any

I know

what he did. All I

wrong but I swear he isn’t a

you

I can’t really hate him. It’s hard to hate someone you don’t know and have

  1. Right now,

on what others have told

about their Ethan. They also

up with the Sharp’s.

I did pay

but by the time they’re done, I’m

If I’m being

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