Chapter 380 "If You're Here to Condole, I Appreciate It. If Not, Get Out."


Cormac: [Go ahead and catch some Z's. We're heading to the Knight Manor today and won't be back for a while.]

Rowena saw Cormac's message and turned to Stellan, "Cormac's off to the Knight Manor with Mr. Knight. Looks like he won't be back until after Marigold's funeral. Stellan, you haven't been sleeping well these past few days either. Get some rest. I'll handle the kids."

Stellan just shook her head, "I can't sleep right now, Rowena. You should go back. I'm good."

"How can I just leave you like this?" Rowena said, pulling Stellan into a hug. "Stellan, I know you're feeling down. If you need to cry, just let it out. No one's here to judge."

Caspian, Harry, and Elisa had been quietly hanging around since they got back, not daring to say a word.

Stellan was feeling awful. After hearing Rowena's words, she couldn't hold it in anymore and started crying.

"I feel so stupid, so incredibly stupid," Stellan said, hating herself. "Why was I so dumb? Why did I lose my mind and run to the Knight Manor as soon as I got the call from the teacher? Alaric was right. I should have told him. I should have let him handle it, but now..."

"It's not your fault. Who could've seen this coming?" Rowena said, patting her shoulder. "Don't overthink it. Things are what they are. Mr. Knight is reasonable; he won't blame you."

Stellan couldn't say anything more. Things were already messed up, and talking about it wouldn't help.

"You three, don't stay up with us. Go get some rest," Rowena told the kids.

"We're not sleeping. We're staying here with Mommy," Elisa said, snuggling into Stellan's arms.

either," Harry chimed in. "We're all

all here,"

better and said, "You don't have to stay with me all the time. Tomorrow, go find your daddy. As for Marigold's funeral, I won't be going. She was your grandmother, so you must go, understand?" Marigold was a big deal. Now that she was gone, Stellan knew Alaric would give her a grand send-off. The kids had

nodded, "We get it. But Mommy, you're not

go." Marigold's death had made her a suspect. How could she show up at the

funeral, comfort Daddy, and try to keep him from being mad

a bit better and said, "Your daddy didn't argue with me. It's just that your grandmother died, and he's in a bad mood.

the three

stay with me. Go get some rest, or I'll get mad," Stellan

take them to

ruffling his hair

to Rowena, "Rowena, you should get some rest

replied, "Cormac's with Mr. Knight. I'll stick around until Marigold's funeral is over

a

Rowena said, "Remember when I was getting roasted online? You stuck with me

she couldn't keep her eyes open and crashed, but it

her dreams, Alaric was pissed at her, Neil was giving her the

finally jolted awake from the nightmare, and Rowena, who was sleeping

dream?" Rowena asked,

forehead, "It's

sleep," Rowena said, sitting up in bed, "Let's chat or

the mood to talk but knowing that sleeping meant more nightmares and spacing out meant more overthinking. She forced herself to talk about something else. "Yeah,"

genuinely surprised.

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