Chapter 166: Regular Girl

Moana

The next morning, I woke up to the sound of Edrick walking around the room. When I looked at the clock, I realized that it was a little later than I usually would have gotten up, and I quickly sat up and rubbed my eyes.

“Sorry,” I said, throwing the covers off and getting out of bed. “I overslept. Guess I missed my alarm.”

Edrick shook his head. “I turned it off for you,” he said as he fixed his hair in the en suite bathroom mirror. “I let you sleep in.”

I scrunched my eyebrows together. “Why?” Normally I woke up a full half hour earlier than this so that I could help prepare breakfast and get Ella ready, and sometimes I woke up even earlier than that.

“We’re going out,” he replied. “School supply shopping. Remember?”

and ran to my room to get ready for the day. I put on something comfortable to wear, knowing that we would likely be walking around a lot, and then got Ella ready as well at Edrick’s request. Ella was, of course, excited to go

things and waited

Ella’s words, Edrick and I both suddenly looked up at each other with incredulous

girl, love,” I replied with a chuckle as I tugged her sun hat

Ella said.

chanced a look over at Edrick. I could have sworn that I saw a bit of a tear in his eye, but he quickly blinked it away

a children’s store for Ella. Even though she would be wearing a uniform at school and there was no need for new clothes, she still picked out a backpack, accessories, and a little pair of Mary Jane shoes to wear with her uniform. I was excited

helped Ella pick out notebooks and folders off of the list of supplies that the headmistress gave us. Edrick disappeared for a bit, then returned with a

the cart to

the cart as well to see that he had fully stocked up on

much, Edrick,” I said with a

for your classroom too, right? And, I wanted to get something for

sudden charity. He certainly didn’t need to buy anything for the kids at the orphanage, but he decided to do it without even being asked. I couldn’t help but smile; he had changed so much since I had met him. The Edrick Morgan who I knew when I was almost hit by his car on the city street was

don’t need to buy my supplies for me.

as he always did; but this time, I wouldn’t let him. Ella had jumped off of the cart to go and look at a colorful notebook on the shelf, and now I grabbed the end of the cart and tugged

I said with a bit of a laugh. “Let

narrowed his eyes and tugged the cart

I was the one who narrowed my eyes, and I pulled the cart even harder and with more

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