My Four Miraculous Treasures

Chapter 62

She'd aged quickly, these past several years.

"Oh, I'm fine... just caught a little cold, that's all." Seeing their return, Helen's face lit up with a smile.

"Grand-aunt, we're back!" Like an energetic little bunny, Hailey bounded over to her bedside, smiling sweetly.

"Ah, so I see! Here, let me have a look at you... ooh, what a pretty girl you are!" Helen's eyes shone with love, and she chuckled gently as she held Hailey's soft, round face in both hands. "Hello, grand-aunt," Julian said, coming up to her as well.

"Grand-aunt," Tristan echoed.

"We're here, grand-aunt!" Lilith chimed, squeezing her way to the front.

Helen was grinning from ear-to-ear, now. "Oh, everyone's here! Good, good... I've got a whole bunch of candy for you kids. I'll just go get it now..."

She pulled aside her blanket and got out of bed, then headed over to the old wooden cabinet to retrieve a handful of small red candies, which she distributed amongst the four children.

It was common for the villagers to exchange these candies whenever times were good. Helen had saved them all up to give to the children, whenever they came back.

children gobbled up the candy happily, their smiles sweeter

said together,

many years younger. "Why, it's nothing! You're all

the four children ran

welled up in her eyes, drowning her heart

own daughter had been about their

what had happened, she would

a tissue and hurried over to dab at her tears. "Aunt Helen, it's all in the past. I believe Yvette is in a better place now, somewhere out there, her soul at peace." Helen swallowed hard,

her

mother herself, she felt she could understand what the pain would be like, to lose her own

of Helen's torment, every

"Let's tidy up a little, then

resting place

had to follow a path out of the village

a narrow mud

four children strode easily along this path, leading the way for

of spirit, Lara walked on her own. Helen, meanwhile, had Willow supporting

long, they arrived at the