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
His voice is hard and
me from leaving?
want to go? You can send him or he can
and Theo… I have nothing to do so I want to
hand over the phone to him. He walks
to the bodyguard.
Nora asks
bodyguards with us.” He
bodyguards will drive in
He nods. “Yes sir”
organize themselves. A few minutes later,
it, we pull up at a fancy restaurant. The driver parks
helps Nora and me out of
hold her?” Nora
Iris over to her. She smiles
granddaughter.
of the bodyguards stay outside, while
moment the hostess sees us, she directs us to a VIP section. It was obvious that the couple had money and were well known. It reminded
you tell me more about Ethan?” I ask them the moment that the hostess leaves
sure we’re settled
exchange looks before they
told
but only that he is your adopted son, Iris’s father
knew that he couldn’t have known
to know him better
to know about him?” Nora
Do you visit him??
I
their heads. Iris was now awake, but I
there
know
he’s still our son despite what he did.
I swear he isn’t
you
really hate him. It’s hard
Right now, my opiniof him is based on
about their Ethan. They also tell me what happened and
up with the Sharp’s.
I did pay
done, I’m still confused about
I’m being honest, I feel like
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