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Eileen frowned, sensing something amiss. “Where did you see that man?” she asked.

“I saw the man on the west side of the city,” Bailee said. She noticed the shadow that crossed Eileen’s face and softened her voice. “Hey, what’s wrong?”

That part of the city was bustling with all kinds of people. Eileen paused for a moment, then shook her head. “It’s nothing. Just curious.”

“Milford is a good kid. Maybe he didn’t want to be a burden, so he went back to Wist Land with his family. Such a shame, though. He was doing so well in school…” Ruby’s heart ached at the mention of Milford.

Leyla was clueless about Milford, so Ruby filled her in while putting away Gabriela’s toys.

“The poor kid got into some trouble,” Ruby explained. “Eileen helped him get back on track and even tutored him so that he could go back to school. He was so bright; he skipped grades and got into college early…”

kitchen to prepare some fruit, with Bailee trailing behind her, chattering

of fruit, Eileen spotted Bryan on the second-floor landing, a dark expression on his face as he spoke on the phone. He caught Eileen’s gaze and raised an eyebrow playfully, his

he put on his coat. “Is it a work thing? Why didn’t Raymond inform me about it?” It had only been that morning

Bryan,

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down, and placed a soft kiss on her cheek. “Hey,” he said, his voice warm and reassuring. “I’ve already told him to bring all the work reports to me

her hand away, a blush creeping up her ears as she glanced towards the

into the living room. Thankfully, the group was

other hand, was swamped. He was out the door the moment he woke up and rarely made it back

drifting off to sleep when Bryan finally slipped into bed beside her. Half-asleep,

over and gave her another gentle kiss on

his embrace, her arms wrapping

nagging feeling that something else was going on, but Bryan clearly didn’t want to burden her with it. She decided to trust him and focus on enjoying her

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