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.

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

felt another wave of guilt. What had she been so preoccupied with lately? She hadn't been there for her

housekeeper tried to comfort her. "Ma'am, you shouldn't blame yourself. Some things are just fate. You're only doing what you were meant to

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 can prepare

birthday here, and Nina wanted everything to be perfect. At the same time, she

Stroking her belly, she whispered, "Sweetheart, do you think Mommy is being

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

up. The pile of presents from classmates alone was massive, not to mention the gifts from Nash's friends and business

inspect the gifts. He wanted to tear them all open right away, but Nina

small, elegant box on top of the pile. "I want to see that one.

asked the housekeeper to bring

almost as if it were

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