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Chapter 273

The Rodriguez family didn’t have a tradition of staying up late for the Ember Festival. By the time Celeste and the others got home, Betty was already asleep,

When Celeste went upstairs, the clock struck midnight.

Her phone had been vibrating nonstop.

Matthias, Beck, and several colleagues from YodaVision had sent her Ember Festival greetings, including Theodore and Harold.

She replied to each of them, including Beck, before sending greetings of her own to Zachary and Lottle.

Just then, Theodore sent another message, asking if she had time in the next few days. He mentioned that he’d been too busy with work to properly thank her last time, and now that he had a break, he wanted to take her out for a meal.

After finishing her chat with Theodore, Celeste set down her phone and went to take a shower.

Whether they visited or not, seeing Isabelle was always painful for the Rodriguez family.

But on a day like this, how could they truly not go?

Every year, on the morning of Ember Festival’s first day, Celeste and Betty would prepare a feast, pack it up, and take it to the nursing home.

to the

was no

on the first morning of the Ember Festival, Celeste was

were already awake

Adeline both handed her a

and said warmly, “May everything go smoothly for you

“Thank you, Granny.”

breakfast, Celeste and Adeline headed into the kitchen to prepare the

Ivan were skilled cooks, but when it came to making food for Isabelle, they could only assist because Isabelle could always tell who made the food,

for years, this had always been

Celeste learned to cook, she and Adeline began splitting the

she had wanted to learn how to cook ever since she was a child–for Isabelle’s

wouldn’t allow

early age because of Isabelle, it

already been difficult enough. Betty wanted her to have as much happiness

hours later, a table full of

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helped pack

the six of them made

the doctors and