think that way.

Thomas looked around, and when he could not see Harvey anywhere near them, he asked, “Shall we go?”

“He won’t be coming. Perhaps he doesn’t even know you’re back,” Nicole calmly stated, noticing that Thomas was searching for Harvey.

“Alright,” he replied while hiding his true feelings about Harvey’s absence.

Nicole shot him another glance but refrained from saying more. They then exited the airport altogether and got into a car.

“Should we head back to Royal Creek Institute?” Nicole asked Thomas.

“Royal Creek it is. I don’t have anywhere else to go.” Thomas said, his eyes downcast.

Although he had already made a decision, there was still a sliver of hope in his heart that Harvey would stop and change for the better. That way, he could consider compromising for his grandson’s sake, but as he could see, Harvey had disappointed him once again.

enduring the most difficult times often leads to a

after sensing what he

just holding onto a glimmer of hope.” Thomas

hope will soon become a reality,” Nicole reassured with a reasonable measure of

lesson given to Harvey this time would be one that he would

“Alright,

Creek Institute, where they pulled up

his absence and immediately knew that Nicole had tasked a cleaner to tidy

all this trouble for me.”

for her

well as the caretaker who had been tending to him all this time were all paid for and arranged by Nicole. This had led him

you’re

care of everything else,” Nicole

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