Chapter 447 The Snack That Time Forgot

When Natalie heard her child mention Ruby, worry instantly tightened in her chest.

“Let’s go check on Grandma.”

She stepped inside first; the villa was unusually quiet.

The servants were still around, but they moved softly, careful not to make a sound.

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Natalie quickly noticed there were far fewer of them than usual–only two or three working quietly.

She looked at Waylon in confusion.

“Dad, did you give the staff some time off?”

He sighed. “No… I let a few go.”

Waylon set the children down and told them to go play.

But after being apart from Natalie for several days, they refused to leave her side.

you two

Seeing that Waylon clearly had something to say, Natalie realized it might not be appropriate to discuss it in front of the kids. She gently stroked their heads and said, “Why don’t go play for a bit? I need to talk to grandpa and uncle for a while; I’ll come play with you afterward, okay?”


reluctantly–but then suddenly asked, “Mommy, you and Daddy went on a trip together. You’re

all

“Yay!”

immediately made both children

rooms,

some snacks and a

those treats made

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He looked at her, eyes glistening. “I know you’re in your twenties… but I wish you were still as little as Susic. Then I could bring you the best things in the world–everything good I could find. Now you’ve grown up, made a name for yourself… it feels like you don’t need me anymore. I want to do something nice for you, but I don’t even know

a lump rise in her

she’d envied the kids who always had snacks to eat. She never did–and wasn’t allowed to. The Summers family parents used to say such things were “the tastes of poor people,”

she’d grown up, made it on her own,

very snacks she had once longed for… the realization hit her hard.

really did want to eat them. I’ve wanted to since I was five–but back then, that’s all

picked up a bag of chips and tore

was as if she’d been pulled back

her mouth, and began to chew slowly. For some reason, tears streamed down her face before she

moment, she wanted to tell her five–year–old self,

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