"You... you really are going to help me?" Mara looked at Vivienne, her eyes wide with disbelief. Vivienne nodded, "Yes."
"But you... you..." Mara stuttered, at a loss for words.
Even Cecilia hadn't expected Vivienne to consent. "Vivienne, you're really willing to help Mara?"
Vivienne affirmed. "Sure, but I have my conditions. I'm the Specter Healer; I don't work for free."
Mara knew it. Vivienne wasn't the type to offer help out of the goodness of her heart.
"I understand, but I'm broke right now. Can I write you an IOU and pay you back once I have the money?" Mara pleaded.
Vivienne smiled, her red lips lifting in a beguiling curve. "That's not what I'm asking for."
A shiver ran down Mara's spine as she locked eyes with Vivienne's smile. She felt like she had just fallen into a bottomless pit - a trap that could spell her doom! Leaving the hospital, Percival drove Isolde back home.
Isolde took every chance to stick close to Vivienne. "Vivienne, what was the deal you made with Mara back there?"
Vivienne scooped Isolde into her arms, meticulously parting her hair to craft a sweet hairstyle for the youngster.
"Little ones shouldn't pry."
Isolde sat still, leaning against Vivienne, her tiny shoulders pressed against her chest.
After a while, Isolde murmured, "Vivienne, you're really busty, you know."
Percival nearly choked on his own spit.
Unfazed, Vivienne continued her task while Percival's face turned a shade that would've given any artist's palette a run for its money.
"Kids shouldn't talk about such things," Percival cleared his throat.
Isolde scoffed. "Percival, why so prudish? I'm just saying she's got a great figure. It's just a fact."
brakes and parked by the roadside, swiftly moving Isolde to the passenger
and you're
muttered under
home, where her father,
tell me you never noticed how great Vivienne's figure is?"
into Nathan's arms, urging her dad to whisk
son's anger and his daughter's smugness,
departed, Vivienne couldn't contain her laughter any longer and
even redder. "Vivienne, stop
it. She had never imagined Percival could
tie and stepped out of
things got
awkward Nathan stood there, holding a thermos of soup Aurelia had
two could take
hard on the roof. Without
tried to appear calm as
Percival with a meaningful look. "The soup's freshly made. Don't
double entendre was not lost on
Nathan turned and entered the house, leaving Percival
back to
Perez Mansion, Karen was
did you stay up late again last night?" Karen
of
AM. That's about when you
amazed at the accuracy
got a bit of an upset stomach
look, pointing to the pastries. "You just had
caught Jasper
bully a defenseless old man?" Vivienne approached,
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