Next One Is a Babe

Chapter 1795

When Aurora was done with her supper, she and Cindy went downstairs for a stroll.

Aurora had obviously brightened up if it meant she was going on an evening walk in hopes of getting some exercise in her routine. At the mention of this, Cindy found herself thinking about Peter and the girl who liked him, both of whom she had seen not too long ago.

She wasn’t sure what could have happened to cause them to quarrel the way they had.

She had always pegged Peter for the gentlemanly and athletic type, so she couldn’t imagine what he would be like in an argument.

At present, she and Aurora strolled around the park for a while longer, but they could not find a place to rest. Finally, Aurora came upon a long bench by the side of the path and sat down.

Cindy, on the other hand, did not plan on sitting, so she paced around idly near the bench.

The both of them were in comfortable silence, and Cindy could tell that Aurora had brightened up quite a bit, even if her emotions were more subdued than usual.

Perhaps she was feeling the same thing Ian was—they had both lost someone who had, in his lifetime, not been very kind to either of them. Now Aurora was torn between grief and relief.

Meanwhile, Ian called that evening and said that he would be home late. He and Sean would be taking the night watch at the funeral parlor while Leah, Simon, and the others had left after paying their last respects.

When Cindy heard this, she couldn’t hide her surprise. “I guess Sally still has a conscience, after all.”

Ian hummed in response. “Trust me, I didn’t see it coming, either. I didn’t have much expectations for Leah and her spawns, but Sally really surprised me toward the end.”

As for Simon, he was incorrigible. While Sally and Leah had been mourning and dabbing away at their tears, he had remained apathetic. It was hard to tell that Bryce’s death affected him at all, for he showed no signs of grief, only resentment.

Ian didn’t say much to Cindy on the phone, and even though she had no idea what he was doing at the moment, she did hear plenty of noise in the background.

Cindy merely informed him that there was dinner set aside on the table for him. With all that’s going on, he probably couldn’t catch a break or grab a bite to eat. Having hung up the phone, she hurried to make his supper.

Meanwhile, Aurora was standing by the balcony window. She had somehow found a packet of Ian’s cigarettes, and upon taking a roll-up out of the box, she lit it clumsily. It took her a drag or two before she burst into a relentless coughing fit.

After that, she couldn’t quite attain the smoker’s finesse and decidedly snubbed out the cigarette on the window ledge, then muttered darkly, “How can smoking be so darn hard to get right?”

Cindy watched this with a light smile playing on her lips, keeping her opinions to herself.

Aurora exhaled the rest of the smoke, then said, “Then why don’t you tell me how I’m supposed to celebrate?”

True to his word, Ian came back a little later in the evening, though it was still considered early. He looked exhausted, and Cindy sauntered up to the threshold to help him take his coat. “How long will the wake service last? Are you still going over tomorrow?”
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