My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

As soon as I had comforted Anne, I got up and went upstairs.

Before entering the room, I sensed something and turned around. Around the corner, there was a huge vase, it was about half a man's height. A small segment of children's clothing was sticking out from behind it.

While only a small part of the clothes were visible, it was enough to reveal who it was.

I pretended not to have seen anything, calmly turned the doorknob and entered the room.

No one was in the room. I could hear the shower running from inside the bathroom. I walked over and leaned against the bathroom wall, speaking loudly to make sure that he could hear me. "You know, that kid Neal, he's so curious. He seemed to be watching us whilst we were negotiating with Quinn and the others."

Or perhaps Aurelia had told him to do so, I wasn't sure.

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I pursed my lips and decided to get right to the point. "Why did you send Josiah away?"

I was the one who had trouble accepting Josiah. Hendrix had always believed that his brother would turn

bathrobe as he wiped his hair with a towel while walking into the room. "There's no

sitting on the sofa as

to having him around." I walked over and propped my hands on the back of the couch, trying to express Anne's feelings as best

and turned to look at me. He smiled helplessly and said, "Even so, don't you realize what the problem is, my dear

confused. "What is the

we have. Aside from that, he has proven to us that he bears no ill will, and since Anne

somewhat impatient manner, I turned around and asked, "Are you ready to tell me

over my shoulder and forcefully turned me over. His bony palms

the sores on my

hectic time at the hospital. Even though most of the time was spent standing and sitting around, we never actually got any proper rest. I had

while speaking slowly and methodically, "All would be well if Anne just gets used to having Josiah around. However, didn't you see them earlier? When

enough." I nodded. I had to admit that Hendrix's conclusion

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like Quinn were. As for Josiah, this wasn't his forte, and Anne had yet to gather enough