out with her, chat about what's been going on these years."
The lights of the Cedillo household were on; the whole family was in high spirits. On Jade's first night back to the Cedillo family, Naomi planned to keep her company. She said to her husband, "It's Molly's first day back, she might need some time to adjust. I wanna go hang As she approached Jade's room, she knocked, "Molly, can I come in?"
Jade responded, "Sure, Naomi."
Leo muttered under his breath, "You didn't show this much courtesy when you entered my room."
Naomi pushed the door open, "Mia, Leo, what are you guys doing here?"
Mia and Leo were both in their pajamas, sitting on the bed with Jade. Leo was perched on a stool. "We were worried Jade might find it hard to adjust, so we decided to keep her company." Mia explained.
Seeing them, Naomi knew she was no longer needed. "Since you guys are here, I'll head back. I just came to check on Molly."
She pointed at her son, "You, get out and go to bed."
Leo said, "Mom, I need time to take all this in too."
Naomi didn't get it, why did her son need time to take it all in?
Leo looked at who he'd been calling Jade for nearly a decade, now his actual aunt. The shock was nothing short of when he knew Mia married Andre. What pissed him off was that they kept calling him nephew. Jade said, "I thought you were my friend. Turns out, you're my nephew."
Leo was speechless. So, he needed time to digest.
his uses. He needed to fill Jade in
nodded and
in the bedroom, Bruce asked,
my being there would only make them uncomfortable. Better let them have some alone
told Jade, "Andre went through a lot to find you. His last business trip was actually trying
in, "Andre sacrificed his marriage
Leo, "Explain. How did he
Andre tell you?" He was unsure, worried he might get scolded by Andre
"Spill it, what happened
know, "Why did he do it for
Andre to marry. If he didn't, he wouldn't give Andre the info. Before marrying Mia, the only one who could stir any feelings in Andre was Molly. So, they got married." "Mia, so it's because of me that you two ended up together?"
husband hadn't told me in time that 'Molly' was his lost sister. I, with my fiery temper, would have torn him
thing Andre clarified
the room fell silent. Mia looked at
The excitement was
Leo
triumphantly, "I'm
how wonderful it was to be married to Andre! Because of him, her
go kiss my
"Are you sure you'll come back here
meaning. They looked at each other, then Mia said, "Jade, we worry about whether your future husband can
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