She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 394:

“I believe one was her father’s partner,” Gerard replied.

Kristian muttered that he understood and hung up, his mind racing.

Was Freya upset because of that?

He closed the door and returned to his study, his thoughts a storm. As for Freya, she sank back into the rear seat of the car, closing her eyes to steal a moment of rest.

Though all she’d done was have lunch and shop with Ethel, she felt mentally drained.

She was so exhausted that she didn’t want to deal with anything. Ethel noticed the shift in her sister’s demeanor and hesitated before speaking. “Mina?”

“Are you unhappy?”

“What makes you think that?”

seemed… off. You’ve acted like your usual self, but I can tell.” Ethel gently took Freya’s hand,

gave Ethel’s hand a reassuring pat. “I just miss Mom

in love. In Freya’s memory, they’d never argued—not even raised their voices

her father ever truly love her

hour later, the

Hugh was still sitting in the living room. Seeing them enter, he stood and called

Her aloofness returned in full force,

“Can we talk?”

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Ethel’s voice was

first,”

she could laugh freely, untouched by the world’s weight. Ethel hesitated but eventually made her way upstairs. She didn’t want to make things harder for her

room. Outside, the night had already fallen. The lights inside were bright, but they did little to dispel

opened his mouth to speak, but the words seemed stuck, trapped by a

to ask