This interruption recurred, but Ariana took it in stride.

“It’s alright,” she assured him, “Attend to your family. We’re fine here.”

With a brief nod and an apologetic look, Mitchel dashed off.

Melon, in the meantime, sat engrossed in the grandeur around him.

When he tried to place his juice back on the table, a slight miscalculation resulted in it cascading over Ariana’s skirt.

“I’m so sorry, Mommy!” Melon’s eyes widened in alarm.

“It’s alright, darling,” Ariana consoled, patting her wet skirt.

behave while I clean

to stay put, Melon watched his mother make her way to the

the terrace. And there, in a fleeting moment, a familiar silhouette

the recognizable silhouette, her astonishment

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“Judy?” she breathed out.

recognizing the voice, spun around. A wave of astonishment washed over her features, quickly replaced

to

half a decade since their last meeting, and Judy’s heart had ached for Ariana throughout. Fate, however, had

moved, struggled to hold back her

did you come to be with the Chadwicks?” she

fortune smiled on me when a friend introduced me to the Chadwicks. I’ve been serving as their housekeeper since then. Life’s been

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