The Kiss that Sparked it All

Dean was caught red–handed, and he cleared his throat nervously. “No, I just wanted to invite you over for dinner. I really wanted to thank you. And Grandma Alyssa wants to meet you too. She wants to thank you personally for saving me.”

Ellinor thought for a moment, “When?”

Dean immediately replied, “You can come anytime today!”

If she went to the Howard family’s home during the day when Balfour wasn’t home and Patricia was too busy taking care of the sick kid, she might have a chance to find some clues related to her mom being framed back then.

After thinking about this, Ellinor agreed, “Grandpa Dean, I really don’t need any thanks. But since you two are inviting me so warmly, it would be rude if ! refused. So, I’ll pay you a visit.”

Dean was overjoyed, “Great! That’s fantastic! I’ll send a car to the Blanchet Villa to pick you up later.”

Ellinor responded, “Okay”

After hanging up the phone, she saw a message from Theo on her phone that he had sent that morning. “Don’t forget to eat breakfast when you wake up”

smile. “Theo, you’re

that the mess from last night was gone and everything was neat and clean. Devin respectfully came over, “Ellinor,

the dining room, she asked, “Devin, who

Veronica. She didn’t sleep all night and cleaned up all the water and broken things

but since it’s Ms. Veronica’s first time doing housework, some details were missed. I had someone

her fear into motivation and learned how to clean up on

pleased, “Where

went back to her room to sleep this

breakfast leisurely, then said, “Oh! Devin, I have to go out after breakfast. There

“Okay, Ellinor.”

feeling a bit touched. She didn’t expect Ellinor to give Ms. Veronica a gift. It seemed like their