Chapter 446

“He’s upstairs with Carl. That poor boy hasn’t woken up yet”.

“Probably all the trauma and not to mention the meds the doc will have him on. Is he going to be all right?”.

Jake would never forgive himself if the boy never recovered.

“Carl seems to think so, but we need him to wake up.”

“Do we know who he is or why he’s here?”.

“We won’t know that until he’s conscious and we ask. Do you want something to drink?”. She asked.

“No thanks. Is Evelyn not here?”.

“She’ll be here a little later. I should have called but I still want us to have lunch. Come sit”.

So, I did. I sat at the table and tried my best to come up with a conversation. It was never awkward between Charlotte and I but sometimes I just didn’t know what to say.

“Jake mentioned your gran had a fall. How is she?”

“She’s fine, cool as a cucumber like always”. Nothing was a big deal to my gran when it came to herself. She could be run over and still she would be fine.

“And how are things between you?”.

“Also, fine”. I smiled.

always be fine when it really came down to it. We

been the two of us for so long. I could never not have her in my life regardless of

back for

I nodded. “Well,

want?”. She placed a mug of coffee in front of

issue with her being here if that’s what you’re asking”. I took a sip of my coffee;

what she was doing and came to stand beside me. “I didn’t mean to pry Leah,

I asked changing the subject. I didn’t want to talk about my gran and her reasons

what she did. Yes, she

soup and homemade sour dough bread”.

course, it was homemade, of course, it

couldn’t

also have chicken and parmesan

“That’s a family favourite”.

coming to lunch?”

for everyone if they appear they can

here?”. I

Jake and Carl are here. They’re all out patrolling the grounds. Jake’s adamant that boy wasn’t

is?” I made a

or we are under threat. The boy being hurt could be a

kid as bait? Not even that he got hurt badly and if it was

straight”. I didn’t believe for a second

attack us

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