Chapter 24

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The others exchanged glances.

For years, there had been rumors that Trevor had been married for some time, but no one knew who his wife was Some even said he was never married at all.

The truth remained unclear, and they dared not ask too many questions. Now that Trevor had casually mentioned having a daughter, many were surprised, But most didn’t dare to probe

After dinner, Jordyn continued waiting for Celeste to return home.

By 9:00 pm, after taking a shower, Jordyn was still anxiously awaiting. She kept listening for any sounds outside. When she heard a car approaching around 10:00 pm, she rushed downstairs excitedly.

“Mom-”

Her cheerful voice halted when she saw Trevor walking in instead.

“Dad?”

Trevor handed his coat to Peter and noticed the disappointment on Jordyn’s face. “What’s wrong?”

“I thought Mom was back…”

Trevor wasn’t bothered by the typical “kids only care about their mom” sentiment. He paused for a moment and said, “She’s not back yet?”

“Yeah…”

promise to take you to school tomorrow morning?

Jordyn cheered up a

was finished, it was already close to midnight. He had assumed that Celeste

back to their room,

was going on with

this, Trevor calmly entered the

early because she had to take Jordyn to school. She had

familiar neighborhood, Celeste experienced

seven years, and although it had only been about 20 days since she left, it felt as if she hadn’t

the neighborhood had changed. Yet, Celeste already felt a

saw her and quickly came out to greet her. “Mrs. Fleming,

form of address but ultimately didn’t

nodded and

still

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was tight. If Jordyn didn’t come downstairs soon, she’d miss breakfast. But Celeste didn’t pla upstairs herself. Instead, she had Hannah go upstairs to hurry

you had breakfast? It’s ready, would

smiled faintly and shook her

“I see, okay then”

moment, Trevor

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