Hannah handed her the storybook, pointing at the illustration. "Here it is, the blue sun. I think the little girl did a beautiful job."

Yvonne repeated softly, "The blue sun, it's beautiful."

She kept repeating the words until she drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, Hannah woke up and, not seeing Yvonne, started to search for her. She finally found her in a corner of the courtyard, drawing on the ground with a stick.

The drawing was abstract and hard to interpret, but Hannah didn't interrupt her. Instead, she quietly informed Pharaoh and arranged for some art supplies to be brought over.

She figured that since Yvonne used to be an artist, reconnecting with something she once loved could help her heal.

Days passed, and Yvonne became engrossed in painting. The walls of her room on the second floor were soon covered with her drawings. Hannah had them framed and displayed throughout the other rooms on the second floor.

Back in Birkham, Nina heard about Yvonne's progress and felt both relieved and guilty. She regretted not taking Yvonne away sooner. Maybe then she wouldn't have suffered so much.

Pharaoh's estate. When her housekeeper reminded her that it was almost

so preoccupied with lately? She

comfort her. "Ma'am, you shouldn't blame yourself. Some things are just fate.

very good at comforting people, but thank you. I do feel a little better. Oh, and when you pick Orion up from school, ask him if he wants to invite any of his classmates, so I

be the first time celebrating Orion's birthday here, and Nina wanted everything to be

was overthinking more than she used to. Stroking her belly, she whispered,

her concerns, Nina knew she needed to stay positive and not let herself

up. The pile of presents from classmates alone was massive, not to mention the

wanted to tear them

pointed to a small, elegant box on top of the

hesitation, Orion asked the housekeeper to bring it

box was incredibly light, almost

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