"Don't worry, I'm fine."

Cough, cough, cough.

"I'll head out to buy you some medicine," Betty Starmount offered and then quickly stood up and ran outside without even putting her coat on.

Her feet were still bare.

As soon as she stepped outside, tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.

It was still snowing as she peered up at the sky. Her crying intensified, the sensation of pain in her abdomen was overwhelming.

She placed one hand over her stomach and knelt on the ground, her body curled up against the frozen ground in the courtyard. There wasn't a single maid around.

Just like that, she lied on the ground and allowed snow to fall over her.

After a long while, she slowly crawled her way up to enter her luxury car and drove away.

***

The next morning, Xyla Quest and Stanley Batton got into their car, hand-in-hand, after waking up.

while ago, making it appear as if the world was

all

The atmosphere seemed lively.

turned on the engine and drove toward the Quest family's house

her seat and gazed at the snow

family's house, the maids were

seemed to be busy out in

against the snow on the roof, sending it flying in every direction as if it was

melted on the roof had already

a

they got out of the car,

the cold, freezing weather outside, it

removed their coats and walked into the living room to find Jeremy Quest reading

recovered from the cold yet,

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