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?”

 

Joseph nodded before continuing, “They even made sure

 

sighing

Hall residence, yet three days was all it took for

children are less

Ashton’s earlier concerns were not wholly unfounded. Perhaps Shaun had never forgotten how he was abused

in 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, I turned to Ashton and stated, “You don’t seem surprised by the

before. The ghost of a smile appeared on his face as his eyes pored through the financial news as if it was some piece

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

lead to a deal. The only obstacle is

the logic in his words, and I saw no point

I forced a laugh and teased half-heartedly, “The people in the village are the ones scheming for profit. Shaun is just a kid, and we’ve given him a home. Things

cross-legged position and placed the folded newspaper across his

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

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