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.

tucked her in, then went to

day. Once she'd showered, she

presence, rolled over and

to sleep." But Jasmine didn't answer, and when Charlene looked down, she

tightly to her, little fingers

next morning, Thorne arrived right

and had

she heard Thorne had arrived, she grabbed Charlene's hand and pulled her

knew Thorne was waiting outside, but they pretended not to

they simply told her, "Have fun,

Charlene followed, but only as far as the

straight to

to Charlene. "I'll bring Minnie back

replied, "I

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

at work, PrimeStar Technologies, the Henderson Group, and Axiom Flux Technologies all had pressing technical

weekends, Charlene barely had

visit Sybil Ross at the hospital, but soon after, she went back upstairs to tackle her

in the afternoon. Around three, he dropped Jasmine

whirlwind schedule-returning from Goldland only to jet off

Spencer was clearly

really kill him to stay one more day and get the divorce papers

pouted in

Hawkins, and Vesta herself had promised

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