Chapter 153

The night deepened around the hospital.

With the holiday break coming to an end in just a couple of days, Miranda had a stack of cases awaiting her attention and couldn't linger around indefinitely. She had already headed back to prepare for work.

Eugene had just stepped out after receiving a call from his mentor, leaving Mila alone in the room with the child.

She was playing a board game with Julian.

Having spent several days with the boy, Mila noticed something unsettling about him. He was too quiet, almost unnaturally so, and rarely smiled.

The only times she had seen any strong emotions from him were when he ran to her for help while being pursued by kidnappers, when he saw his uncle, and when his uncle tried to take him away from her. Otherwise, he was overly compliant, sticking close to her, doing whatever he was told-like a well-behaved puppet.

He seemed a bit withdrawn, the complete opposite of Adrian's vibrant and willful personality.

Despite his young age, Mila felt that Julian might really benefit from some professional psychological support, but that was a decision for the Pembroke Family to make, not her concern.

The two were in the middle of a game of Parcheesi, a set Miranda had bought.

the dice. He gently shook them in his small hands and tossed them onto the table propped up over

A six.

"Wow, Julian, that's amazing—a six! You get to roll again. You're getting closer to the

he glanced at Mila. Encouraged by her enthusiasm, he

time it was

over these spaces and you

to Mila's guidance, the door to the

Leonard walked in.

Mila instinctively frowned. What was he doing

presence of a stranger made Julian a bit nervous; his hand holding the game

gently held Julian's hand, guiding him to leap his

more, his earlier tension

reached the finish line first and won, earning himself three

two, and handed them to her. "For

this-winning the game, keeping just one candy, and giving the

crinkled with a smile as she happily accepted the candies, hugging

he didn't smile, she could

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