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?”

 

“They even made sure to keep Ms. Audrey in

 

trailed off, sighing at

at his choice at the Hall residence, yet three days was

guess children are less

had never forgotten how he was abused at the hands of

the face of Joseph’s news. Rather expressionlessly, he flipped through the newspaper in his hand and sent Joseph off. “All right. You

Sometime later,

a smile appeared on his face as his eyes pored through the financial news as if it was

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

anything can lead to a deal. The only obstacle is price and timing. Once the stars have aligned, anything is possible. Don’t

his words, and I saw no point in arguing with

village are the ones scheming for profit. Shaun is

placed the folded newspaper across his knees. “I bet that he’ll

on news about our family to Nora. Isn’t there a way for us to

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