Beyond the Divorce

At the dining table, Atlas briefed my adoptive dad too, saying, "I'll discuss the lab with you when I return. But I've already arranged for people to start building the lab, so there's no need to worry."

"I'll wait for you to return. There's no rush." He seemed a bit emotional.

I noticed my mom's expression freeze for a moment. My adoptive dad might not have told her about that yet. But since Atlas was here, my mom didn't ask about it.

My adoptive dad probably hadn't expected Atlas to start building the lab for him.

After breakfast, we still had time to spare before our flight. Atlas told me he wanted to visit my father in the annex and discuss something with him.

I nodded. "I'll go with you. I'll check on Loak and Anya too, and let them know where we're going."

Atlas nodded, and we headed to the annex together. He went to visit my father while I went to see Loak and Anya.

I knew Atlas must have had something important to discuss with my father, since my father would have some thoughts about our trip back to Nocturnia.

here so early, Mrs. Chloe? Are you heading to work?" "It's been a

their breakfast table, which was identical to ours, I asked Anya, "Are you still eating well? Are you

it was at home." Her face lit up with joy and her voice filled with happiness. She was clever and knew how

at my brother,

been a week since I last saw him, and

with a smile, "Great. You

is healing well, and it doesn't

he finished, he got off the bed and took a few slow but steady

seriously injured father out of

smiled happily. "Be careful and don't

dining table

I'll be going on a business trip. I'll come see you when I return, but I have a task for

they had known each other

worried my father would be anxious when I wasn't at home. Having someone to