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Chapter 247

Chapter 247

Celeste placed the cake box into the fridge.

Just as Jordyn finished her bath, her phone rang.

It was Trevor who called.

She answered the call. “Dad?”

“I just received a message from your grandpa, and he’s coming back in the afternoon tomorrow. I’ll send someone to pick you up after school, and we’ll have dinner at home. Go tell your mom about this.”

Trevor’s father, Lincoln Fleming, worked for the government.

He was usually busy working, and he seldom had time to visit his family.

The night Martha took a fall, Lincoln rushed back at dawn but left again before the sun even rose.

Now, with her still in the hospital, Lincoln arranged for two days off so he could return and spend New Year’s Day with her.

Upon hearing what Trevor had just said, Jordyn replied, “Okay, got it.”

After speaking, she suddenly remembered that Trevor had said “pick you up” on the phone–not “pick you both up“.

Celeste wasn’t part of

Celeste and asked,

and Jordyn join the gathering at the Fleming Manor–whether or not Trevor

it had become a routine, even at her young age, Jordyn instinctively linked her grandfather’s return with having dinner at the Fleming

as Celeste was about to answer,

“Okay then.”

call on speakerphone, so

the first time she learned that Lincoln

in

was no reason for her to go

clearly on the same

anything, he had already offered a justification

word, Trevor

company’s core

had been extremely cooperative, sparing Celeste

a result, she treated him with more courtesy

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arrived, she set aside her tasks

phone rang about an

Trevor who

himself and went outside to answer

fell silent for two seconds after Trevor spoke, then

Trevor suddenly added, “My father’s back and will be home for dinner tonight. I’ll