Chapter 573

"Got it," Elodie replied.

At this point, the truth was out-there was no way she could bluff her way past

Jarrod's grandmother.

She ended the call.

She didn't ask Jarrod to pick her up, either. There was no need to put on that awkward show, making things uncomfortable for everyone.

When work was finally done, Elodie glanced at the clock. Near seven, she drove out toward Moonlight Garden.

Rainy season had arrived.

Halfway there, the skies opened up. The world filled with the earthy, damp scent of wet soil.

When she arrived, she stepped out beneath her umbrella.

But at the door, she paused-she didn't know the new passcode.

Ever since Jarrod had bought back the house as their marital home, all the codes had been changed.

If she rang the bell, his grandmother might sense something was off.

Elodie frowned, considering her options.

Just then, footsteps sounded behind her. A crisp, cool scent of fir needles drifted

in the wet air. Before she could turn, someone caught her wrist and guided her index finger to the fingerprint scanner.

Beep, beep-

The door unlocked.

Elodie looked up

pale eyes steady and clear. "Come

all

inside first,

knitting. She couldn't

he now shared with Sylvie, her fingerprint was still in the system? Had he just forgotten

let the thought go and

Unfamiliar art and decorations filled

was a brand-new house-a home

feeling linger for

look at her, his expression unreadable. "What is

but said nothing, following

the living room, where Lucinda Howard was already

grandmother bustled in from the

the old woman hurried over

mention Elodie's situation? You kept us in the dark this whole time? How could

believe Jarrod

have known-he'd just chosen

felt like outsiders, knowing nothing about their own

a brow. "There were special

looked ready to protest

I had

old

her remarkable granddaughter

the whole truth was out.

lived among them all these years, quietly keeping her

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