Unknown Divorce Revelation Beyond Time

Jasmine Henderson was halfway through unwrapping the present Thorne Henderson had given her as she chatted with Charlene Ross upstairs.

Charlene listened, distracted, when her phone buzzed with a new message.

It was from Thorne.

[Something's come up in Goldland. I need to head back tomorrow afternoon to deal with it. The divorce will have to be postponed another week.]

Charlene's brow furrowed as she read the message. She quickly typed a reply.

[Can't you wait until Monday morning to go back?]

Thorne responded almost immediately.

[I've tried. It's not possible. Sorry.]

Charlene pressed her lips together, hesitating, then decided not to reply.

Maybe sensing she was annoyed, Thorne sent another message, trying to reassure her: [Even if I can't make it back by next Friday, I promise I'll be back before the following Monday. You have my word.]

With Thorne giving her a concrete timeline, Charlene felt a bit more at ease.

She put down her phone without replying again.

Thorne must have known she'd seen the message, and when she didn't answer, he let it go and didn't reach out again.

After chatting with Charlene for a while, Jasmine started to get sleepy, and soon drifted off.

in, then went to wash

showered, she climbed into bed and got ready to turn off the

sensing her mother's presence, rolled over and snuggled into

Jasmine was awake, Charlene murmured, "I'm here. Go back to sleep." But Jasmine didn't

so, Jasmine clung tightly to her, little

next morning, Thorne arrived right on time to

and had her tiny

she grabbed Charlene's hand

knew Thorne was waiting outside, but they pretended not to notice-neither greeting

simply told

Charlene followed, but only as far as the front steps. She let go of Jasmine's hand there, not going any

ran straight to her

up, exchanging a few words with her before turning to Charlene. "I'll bring Minnie back later. Sorry for the extra trouble

just replied,

Charlene waved their goodbyes, he carried Jasmine to the car and drove away

Technologies, the Henderson Group, and Axiom Flux Technologies all had pressing technical issues that

Charlene barely had a

Sybil Ross at the hospital, but soon after, she went

flight was just after five in the afternoon. Around three, he dropped Jasmine back home before rushing to the

from Goldland only to jet off overseas again—had already reached both the Hawkins and Spencer

Spencer was clearly

already here. Would it really kill him to stay one more day and get

pouted in agreement.

and Vesta herself had promised Thorne would