Chapter 270

Jordyn shook her head and said, “She picked up.”

Trevor held her in his arms, gently rubbing her temple with his thumb as he gazed at her eyebrows and eyes that resembled his own. “She picked up, but you’re still not happy?”

Jordyn furrowed her little brows. “I’m happy, but…”

She hadn’t spoken to her mom in so long. Now that she had finally called, she was indeed happy, but….

Trevor asked, “But what?”

Jordyn mumbled, “But I also feel a little unhappy.”

“That sounds pretty deep,” Trevor propped his chin up and chuckled. “You probably just miss your mom since you haven’t seen her in so long. Once she’s done with work she’ll spend more time with you.”

Jordyn nodded, but she still pouted. “But Mom is so busy. She said she won’t have time for me until next month

“Then we’ll wait together until next month, okay?”

“Okay.”

Jordyn was getting sleepy. After chatting for a bit longer, she yawned, climbed down from his arms, and went back

to her room to rest.

It was the day before the Ember Festival.

The morning was almost over, but Queenie and Tucker still hadn’t seen any sign of Celeste.

On New Year’s Day, Lincoln had returned home to visit Martha, but Celeste hadn’t come back at all. Queenie had assumed that something major had happened with the Rodriguez family.

discharged from the hospital, Celeste was absent as well.

her son, Queenie had never thought she would be willing to go through with a

But today was different.

same kind of career as Trevor. No matter how busy she was or how serious things were

Trevor came downstairs, Queenie couldn’t hold back her

much about Celeste’s absence over the

sip of tea and replied calmly, “Not yet, but it’s

eyes widened. So, were they really

Trevor didn’t love Celeste, but after all these years, he

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would actually go through with

Queenie looked at Trevor

in the marriage,

But Wynn….

about to say something when Trevor, seemingly pressing what was on her mind, stood up and said, “I

With that, he left.

Queenie frowned. “You-”

by the time they finished dinner,

Hector and Jamie were getting ready to set off fireworks when Beck

Celeste paused.

never video–call her

reason

enough, Shanice’s little face

“Ms. Celeste!”

Celeste smiled. “Shanice, Happy

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