"Ah!" Lily gasped in shock.

Standing too close, her dress got splattered with blood, and the small bottle of whiskey she was holding dropped to the ground, shattering into pieces.

Norbert scolded in a low voice, "What are you screaming for? Shut up!"

Lily covered her mouth, her face turning pale, not daring to make another sound.

The others were also visibly shaken, each of them too scared to utter a word.

Norbert, with blood at the corner of his mouth, looked at them seriously and said, "Since your parents sent you back here, they must have informed you about my health. I'm not asking you to leave, but there's one thing: my health condition must not be disclosed to Wenna."

Everyone exchanged puzzled looks, unsure why.

Why keep it a secret from Morwenna? Was it because Morwenna had fallen out of favor?

Norbert did not provide a reason but commanded sternly, "Got it?"

"Yes, yes."

"Alright, Grandpa, we won't say a word."

of blood, leaving

the once formidable Norbert was now old, close to death, so

appeared normal,

to do? He wouldn't last much

Wenna be able to handle

would be the only one truly saddened by his

to cause her unnecessary grief, preferring to take each day as

him in his final days,

Even Stuart seemed unaffected.

nearing eighty, having lived

filth and malice, what was the point of

anything

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in her eyes, three Stuarts couldn't compare to one Norbert. However, as Norbert's health

had indeed fallen out

day, Norbert's

he would read with Ruby and

were spent in

taught Lily manners in the late

now accompanied by

the task of helping him with his nightly foot

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