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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“.

wasn’t part

turned to Celeste and asked, “Are

came home, Martha would always insist that Celeste and Jordyn

routine, even at her young age, Jordyn instinctively linked her grandfather’s return with having

Celeste was about to answer, Trevor interrupted, “Your

“Okay then.”

the call on

the first time she learned

Trevor were already in the middle of

point, there was no reason for her to go back

clearly on the same

a chance to say anything, he had already offered a justification for

Trevor ended

company’s core engineers came

sparing Celeste

a result, she treated him with more courtesy than

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he arrived, she set aside her tasks to greet him

about an

Trevor

went outside to answer

two seconds after Trevor spoke, then

father’s back and will be home for dinner tonight. I’ll have to