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.

 

off, sighing

residence, yet three days was

guess children are

was abused at the hands of his previous adoptive parents, and he now saw an opportunity to exact

the face of Joseph’s news. Rather expressionlessly, he flipped through the

thought. Sometime later, I turned

looked as unruffled as before. The ghost of a smile appeared on his 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,

them in the beginning.” Frankly, I was curious

anything can lead to a deal. The

words, and

“The 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 as

folded newspaper across his knees.

I accepted his bet. “Why not? Still, we can’t really let him pass on

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