Beyond the Divorce

She listened attentively until I finished and said, "Thank them for me."

"Forget about Michelle. Thanking her would be as useful as jumping into a pool of mud. But you need to thank Theo. You have no idea what he did. He got beaten up by the Chandler family's servants many times just to find out exactly where you were." "The Chandler family?" Beatrice looked at me, her gaze wandering. I knew she was thinking about something.

Just then, a soft knock on the door interrupted us. I quickly got up to answer and saw Finn standing outside. He looked especially spirited today, well-groomed, cleanly shaved, and handsome.

"Is she awake?" he asked gently.

I nodded. "Yes, she's awake!"

I glanced at the spot where he had been bitten yesterday, asking, "Are you okay? Did the doctor take care of it?"

He nodded quickly. "No problem. It's been taken care of. It's just a scratch."

I thought that he definitely wasn't telling the whole truth. He had been lucky to avoid a bad injury given what happened yesterday.

He didn't seem to want to come in and asked, "Do you guys want something to eat? I asked my aunt to make some soup. You should all have some. Also... I...I arranged for a traditional medicine doctor. It was my mom's idea. She said traditional medicine is better for situations like this."

was genuinely grateful for the

suddenly become so shy in

scratched his head. I pulled him inside, saying, "Come

and we walked in together. Beatrice stared at Finn, seeming

around after she had

awkwardly said to Beatrice, "You

quickly said, "This is his home, Beatrice. Finn

time before saying, "I know you. I saw you

Helen's funeral. I regret not being able to

made me increasingly happy. It seemed she could remember events from many years ago, which

hurting you," Beatrice apologized

faster and more coherent, although her voice still sounded hoarse, making it a little hard to

waved her gratitude away. "Don't say that! I'm fine. It doesn't hurt at all.

you like it here, you can stay as long

I hoped Beatrice could stay here for good. Finn might have a chance then.