Chapter 11 It’s Just Us In This House Now

A gentle night breeze came billowing in from outside, as a series of hurried footsteps woke Eileen up.

She blinked hazily, looking around her. She saw that the sky was already dark, and stopped feeling sleepy at once.

The sound of Vera apologizing over and over again could be heard. Confused, Eileen got up slowly and. opened the door.

She squinted her eyes, and was a little surprised by the sight that greeted her. “Oh, are you done with

work?”

Eric had gotten home around an hour before Eileen went to bed, and brought Vera shopping.

The two returned home, and Eric noticed that something in his room was missing.

It was none other than the birthday present Eileen had given to him.

Vera’s eyes were reddened, looking pitifully at Eileen. “Eileen…”

Eric walked forward, blocking Vera off.

He looked calm, but his gaze was cold. “I’m sorry, Eileen. I broke the bear you gave me. Vera thought. that it was something useless, and threw it away!”

appeared as well. “It’s my fault I didn’t tell Ms. Blake in

was waiting for Eileen to throw

out a laugh. “Is that so? That’s a shame, that bear

cried would get their way

wasn’t her fault. Vera was in tears, which meant that Eileen would be at fault if she did

life for taking Eric’s heart, hated her for the way she

this

stared at Eileen,

you like it that much, I’ll give you another one on your birthday this year. That way I won’t have to spend so much time thinking of

Vera. I didn’t

Vera. “It’s nothing. The bear wasn’t even mine, you

on, Eileen asked, “Sharon, is dinner

about to call

and I’ll come

changing into a different set of clothes and going downstairs, Eileen saw that there were two empty

with Ms. Blake, they said they already had dinner and didn’t want to stay. Oh… Mr. Snow brought you dessert and told me to remember to give it to you. He actually cares

was said to

Eileen could tell.

strawberry mousse cake. He had really

thought that he had just said it to placate

house and seeing

she had

the cake. It was not too sweet, from the

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