Chapter 1899

Caprice got into the car first.

Then came John and Sherry. They entered the car from each side of the car so that they could have Caprice seated at the center, squished between her parents.

She felt like had been transported to ages ago when she was just a child. She cast a strange look at them.

John curled his lips into a gentle, doting smile.

Sherry smiled tenderly and took her hand.

Caprice was confused.

Had she truly been away for so long? Were they beginning to miss her this much already?

The ride back home took several hours.

Caprice tended to get sleepy on lengthy car rides. She spent half of the ride sleeping against her father’s shoulder and the other half burrowing herself into her mother’s arms, drowned in sleep.

It was a wonderful journey.

Upon her return home, Madam Stockton stuffed her full of her favorite food. Aunt Queenie

showed up as well with her three-year-old son. Her son was adorable. He was a little devil who ran amok.

the better half of the day with the boy latched to her every waking second. It

fled back to her room and collapsed on the

Ding!

phone rang

phone. Her sleepy eyes immediately pried themselves wide

Liam texting her. The message read,

was he asking her

just got back to Glanchester.

phone, Liam regarded the message with a morose frown.

schedule tomorrow. He was planning to take Caprice shopping and spend the day with her only to receive the unexpected news that she had

him that she was going home?

darkened. He replied curtly, “Never mind.

It’s getting late, you should get some rest.

Clack!

through composing a paragraph of text when he deleted the entire thing and tossed the phone onto the table. He had barely finished his piece and Caprice had already brushed him off!

opposed to a

was only nine

rubbed his fingers against his temple to cool his restless

managed to soothe himself. He reached

within the first

Liam, what is it?” Sylvia’s gentle voice rang through the

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