Chapter 0281

Nora and Theo arrive around thirty minutes later. Like I said, I haven’t been outside since that short trip

from the hospital

I was dying to see how the city had changed. Four years is a lot of time for a fast–moving city like this one

to stay the same.

When the doorbell rings, I get up excitedly and open the door.

“Are you and lo

you and Iris ready?” Nora asks.

She was buzzing with the same excitement as me. I let both of them hug me. Being in their arms felt so

wonderful and familiar. Like it was something I constantly got from them.

“Yes, let me just get her.”

I turn around and head back to the living room. Picking up my daughter, I say a hurried goodbye to Teresa,

then leave the house.

I was about to climb into their car when a bodyguard stops me.

“I’m sorry, ma’am, but I can’t let you leave,” he says, dampening the excitement.

I didn’t know his name, though I’ve seen him a couple of times while he was patrolling the compound.

“Why not?”

“I’m just following orders,” he replies kindly, but it honestly pisses me off.

“Call him,” I demand, my voice harder than I’d expected,

Almost reluctantly, he takes his phone from his pocket and dials it. I would have called Rowan myself, but

I didn’t want to admit to anyone that I was struggling to read the names saved on my phone.

“What’s going on? Theo asks from behind.

I raise my hand to stop him. I wasn’t coming off as rude; I was just frustrated. I hated feeling like I was

caged. Like I was a prisoner in my own house.

then hands over his

His voice is hard and

why is the bodyguard preventing me from leaving? I ask in

want to go? You can send

invited me for lunch with her and Theo… I have nothing to do so I want to

to put up a fight, but he doesn’t. Instead, he just sighs and asks to speak to Theo. I hand over the phone to him. He walks a couple of meters from us. When

the phone to

Nora asks

long as we take extra bodyguards with us.” He then turns to

of you, men. You’ll take one car. My bodyguards will drive in front of us and you’ll be in the

He nods. “Yes sir”

for them to organize themselves. A few minutes

is silent, and before I know it, we pull up

Nora and me out

it okay if I hold her?” Nora asks

over to her. She smiles wide as she stares

granddaughter.

bodyguards stay outside, while a

directs us to a VIP section. It was obvious that

me more about Ethan?” I ask them the moment that the hostess

sure we’re settled

Nora exchange looks before they

told you about

he is your adopted

really like him. I knew that he couldn’t have known

I can get to know him better through

want to know

Do you visit him??

I

both nod their heads. Iris was now awake, but I didn’t take

there wasn’t any

know most

what he did. All I

I swear he

you

him. It’s hard to hate someone you don’t know

now, my opiniof him is based on what others have told

Ethan. They

up with the Sharp’s.

I did pay

attention throughout, but by the time they’re done,

good man. If I’m being honest, I feel like they were trying to sell me a

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