Chapter 247

Celeste placed the cake box into the fridge.

Just as Jordyn finished her bath, her phone rang.

It was Trevor who called.

She answered the call. “Dad?”

“I just received a message from your grandpa, and he’s coming back in the afternoon tomorrow. I’ll send someone to pick you up after school, and we’ll have dinner at home. Go tell your mom about this.”

Trevor’s father, Lincoln Fleming, worked for the government.

He was usually busy working, and he seldom had time to visit his family.

The night Martha took a fall, Lincoln rushed back at dawn but left again before the sun even rose.

Now, with her still in the hospital, Lincoln arranged for two days off so he could return and spend New Year’s Day with her.

Upon hearing what Trevor had just said, Jordyn replied, “Okay, got it.”

After speaking, she suddenly remembered that Trevor had said “pick you up” on the phone–not “pick you both up“.

That meant Celeste wasn’t part of the plan.

to Celeste and asked, “Are

Martha would always insist that Celeste and Jordyn join the gathering at the Fleming Manor–whether

routine, even at her young age, Jordyn instinctively linked her grandfather’s return with

to answer, Trevor

“Okay then.”

call on speakerphone, so Celeste heard

she learned that

Trevor were already in the middle of

no reason for her to go

was clearly on

before she even had a chance to say anything, he had

another word, Trevor

Beck and his company’s core engineers came to

been extremely cooperative, sparing Celeste a great deal of

him with more courtesy than

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he arrived, she set aside her tasks

about an

Trevor who had

went

silent for two seconds after

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