Stupefied, Judy took several involuntary steps back, tripped over her grandfather, and fell with a yelp.

Both of them had the same thought. He shouldn’t be alive… Is he a ghost?

Zoey, Cora, and the rest took in their terrified faces with surprise. While Levi’s appearance shocked the Lopez and the Black families, their reaction paled in comparison to the Langstons. Hence, they were baffled to see those two beside themselves with terror.

“Don’t just stand there,” Cora urged the rest. “Help them!”

A few members of the family went to help Thierry and Judy up.

“Thierry, what’s wrong?” she asked, looking nonplussed.

“I didn’t expect to see him here,” Thierry breathed. Though he had come to his senses by now and realized that Levi was, in fact, alive, he was still overwhelmed.

I. It’s frightening to see someone who wasn’t supposed to be here appear suddenly…”

at them, secretly wondering if they

“Were you hoping that

We wouldn’t dare,” Thierry stammered, unthinking. The moment those words left his mouth, however, he realized he spoke too

Black families looked at him strangely. The way he spoke to Levi just now was deferential as if the latter was his

up an excuse. “I mean, I just

up. “A

in comprehension, seemingly to

you alive,” Thierry said to Levi sincerely “If anything, we’re happy for Evie

Levi being alive worked to their favor on all accounts. Hence, Thierry was

passed, Judy felt a sudden urge to cry,

of them and turned to smile at his wife and daughter. He patted Forlevia’s head gently. “I said I’d return for you and Evie in three months. I’m a man of

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