The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

Chapter 591

Xena came home to find a table full of food that night. Puzzled, she turned to Alice Gunner, their housekeeper. "Are we having company tonight?"

Alice said with a smile, "I'm not sure. Mr. Summers Senior just asked me to prepare all this food."

Her grandfather did? Xena figured Curtis must be expecting friends over since nothing else made sense.

"You're home, Xena. Wash up and join me for a drink." As Curtis walked down the stairs, he beamed like a teenager in love. Xena stared at him, dumbfounded.

"What's got you-in such high spirits, Grandpa?"

"Let's discuss it over dinner."

While Xena poured them both some wine, her curiosity burned. "Can you tell me now?" As it turned out, this feast was not for guests. He was just in a great mood. "My greatest burden has finally been lifted. Isn't that worth celebrating?"

did not even know he had any burdens. "Will you tell me

eyes were filled with nostalgia and

fact that my greatest happiness was right in front of me. Everything was too late by the time I realized it. I know it

her status as the Phoenix Warlord, Xena was still a woman at heart. This glimpse into her grandfather's romantic past had her completely hooked. "Who was she?

wine. "We all make mistakes, and that was my biggest one. She has a

the same Madam Spring she had been trying to track down for months but without

all places to hear that name again, she had heard it from her own grandfather! She was Curtis' long-lost love? Ah, if he only

with that look on your face? Have you heard of Sarah

Xena quickly composed herself. It was better to keep those details to herself." No, I just think

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I won't stand in your way anymore. Looking back, I see that

you truly

sudden change of heart, Curtis had already headed upstairs. Could Sarah