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.

guard then hands over his

His voice is

is the bodyguard preventing me from leaving? I ask

do you want to go? You can send him or

her and Theo… I have nothing to do so

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.

the phone to the bodyguard.

Nora asks her

extra bodyguards with us.” He then turns to

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

He nods. “Yes sir”

themselves. A few minutes later, we

pull up at a fancy restaurant. The driver parks the car,

Nora and me out

hold her?” Nora asks as

I hand Iris over to

granddaughter.

bodyguards

section. It was obvious that the couple had money

about Ethan?” I ask them the moment that the hostess leaves after

sure we’re settled

looks before they both

told

your adopted son, Iris’s father and that

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

Maybe I can get to know him better through

to know about

Do you visit him??

I

awake, but

so there

I know most people wouldn’t

what he did. All I pray is

He was wrong but I swear he isn’t a bad

you

It’s hard to hate someone you

my opiniof him is

tell me all about their Ethan. They also tell me what happened and how I

up with the Sharp’s.

I did pay

done, I’m still confused about Rowan. They

he was a good man. If I’m being honest, I feel like

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