Chapter 79

She looked all soft and innocent, saying, “I just don’t want you wearing that old tie, I bought you a new one

He looked at her, a smile on his lips but none in his eyes.

Word of Penelope’s pregnancy spread like wildfire among the Flanagan and Lindberg families.

Allison was in the kitchen prepping food the sound of Christopher’s laughter drifting in from the living room

Penelope was pregnant

They were engaged and with the pregnancy, it was likely they’d be having the wedding soon, with Penelope becoming Mrs. Lindberg officially

Allison was ready to chop some veggies.

She accidentally cut her finger

Allison looked down at her hand.

Linda saw and immediately grabbed her hand, “Allison, how could you be so careless? Let me do the chopping, you go bandage that up”

“It’s fine”

“No way, I heard the Lindberg crew is coming over tonight, it’s going to be all hands on deck. If you don’t take care of that cut, it might get infected”

Allison paused Lucian was coming over too?

baby, of course

They would

pondering over that. That

oblivious to her reaction, continued chopping and chatting. “Ms. Flanagan really hit the jackpot, getting engaged to

other Lindbergs are still single, but she’s pregnant! The Lindbergs must be over the moon. They’re probably going to

a small

“Indeed‘

finishing her work, Allison slipped out the back door

not to show her face before Lucian if she did, she’d stop paying for Grace’s

like that. Allison had no way but to listen to her.

mother was her only

risk anything happening

Allison wouldn’t

she wanted was to keep her distance from him.

She got home.

stomach, where once there was

night, and the child

get some sleep.

the door, a habit she picked up after Lucian showed up

a bottle of sleeping pills from a

last year when Grace first fell ill and she

two of the pills when she noticed a metal box in the back

the box to find Grace’s previous blood

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