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.

Neither did I. It’s frightening to see someone who wasn’t supposed to be here appear suddenly…” Judy said with a hand

cast dubious glances at them, secretly wondering if they were hiding

“Were you hoping that

dare,” Thierry stammered, unthinking. The moment those words left

families looked at him strangely. The way he

his throat, Thierry tried to make up an excuse. “I mean, I just

right,” Judy quickly followed up. “A child needs

nodded in comprehension, seemingly to have bought the

Thierry said to Levi sincerely “If anything,

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

shock passed, Judy felt a sudden urge to cry, but she suppressed the

“I said I’d return for you and Evie in three months. I’m a man of my words. Zoey, it’s

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