Chapter 278

It sounded like Lara was set on this matter.

But seeing the light in Hailey's eyes suddenly go out, as she hung her head

dejectedly...

Unable to bear it, Willow picked her daughter up in her arms, and whispered into her ear, "I'll order some french fries and fried chicken for you, and when the delivery gets here, we'll just act surprised, understand?"

That perked the little girl right up. "Yes! Alright!"

Realizing that she'd said that too loudly, jeopardizing her little secret with Mommy, she clapped both hands over her mouth, which did little to hide her obvious

delight.

In the afternoon, Jasper had left work early to visit the cemetery.

Frank and Cindy, his grandparents, were already there waiting. Before them stood a pair of headstones: Aiden Hughes and Serene Jordan. Jasper's parents.

a mournful glow. Tree boughs swayed in an errant breeze, producing eerie shadows which danced across

with two bouquets in his arms. He placed the carnations

young. He could hardly remember what they

the times he'd spent together with them...

arguments between them, and

hadn't had loving parents-only their fights, and

warm memories of being nurtured and treasured by their parents, Jasper only

at each

end,

of being

one wielding him as a

shoulders. "I should have stopped your father from marrying that peasant girl from nowhere. It would

that it wouldn't end well. He should have intervened. But when Aiden announced that

true love for himself, it was something to be

to detect the woman's

said nothing in

so much time, there's no longer any point in trying to figure out where it all

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