Chapter 1899

Caprice got into the car first.

Then came John and Sherry. They entered the car from each side of the car so that they could have Caprice seated at the center, squished between her parents.

She felt like had been transported to ages ago when she was just a child. She cast a strange look at them.

John curled his lips into a gentle, doting smile.

Sherry smiled tenderly and took her hand.

Caprice was confused.

Had she truly been away for so long? Were they beginning to miss her this much already?

The ride back home took several hours.

Caprice tended to get sleepy on lengthy car rides. She spent half of the ride sleeping against her father’s shoulder and the other half burrowing herself into her mother’s arms, drowned in sleep.

It was a wonderful journey.

Upon her return home, Madam Stockton stuffed her full of her favorite food. Aunt Queenie

showed up as well with her three-year-old son. Her son was adorable. He was a little devil who ran amok.

half of the day with the boy latched to her every waking second. It was only after the boy had grown tired from

room and collapsed on the bed, ready to sleep.

Ding!

rang

reached for her phone. Her sleepy

The message read, “Are you free

asking her this?

Liam, I just got back to Glanchester.

tomorrow?”

the phone, Liam regarded the message with

finally managed to free up his schedule tomorrow. He was planning to take Caprice shopping and spend the day with her only

she not tell him that she was going home?

curtly, “Never mind. It’s nothing important.”

“Okay then. It’s getting late, you should get some rest. Good night…”

Clack!

thing and tossed the phone onto

she so opposed to a brief

was only nine

his fingers against his temple to cool his

managed to soothe himself. He reached for his phone again and called Sylvia

time.

connected within the first few

Liam, what is it?” Sylvia’s gentle voice rang through

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