Audrey and Gregory were ecstatic. “I heard that!”

“Me too! Daddy’s the best!”

Everything seemed like it was finally falling in place, and our life would become peaceful once more.

 

My hopes were shattered two days later. That afternoon, Joseph entered our house with an anxious expression on his face, tipping me off that I had been too naive about our situation.

“Go on. What’s wrong?” I was not in the greatest of moods at his arrival. My frustration grew at the problems that never seemed to leave us alone.

Sometimes, I wondered why people preferred havoc and chaos over a peaceful life.

 

“Nora met Shaun alone.”

 

Surprised, I asked, “Alone?”

 

even made sure to keep Ms. Audrey in

 

trailed off, sighing at Shaun’s change

his choice at the Hall residence, yet three days was all it took for Shaun

are

he was abused at the hands of his previous adoptive parents, and

the newspaper in his

departing figure and pursed my lips in thought. Sometime later, I turned to Ashton and

face as his eyes pored through the financial news as if it was some piece of juicy gossip. “If I were in Nora’s shoes,

weakly, “But Shaun said no to them in the beginning.” Frankly, I was curious to understand how Ashton

can lead to a deal. The only obstacle

grudgingly admitted the logic in his words, and I

people in the village are the ones scheming for profit. Shaun is just a kid, and we’ve given him a home. Things might not turn out as poorly

folded

accepted his bet. “Why not? Still, we can’t really let him pass on news about our family to Nora. Isn’t there a

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