Kaitlyn was tucking in the blankets for the elderly couple when she glanced up, "I'll go fetch some cold medicine from the doc, Vivienne, hang tight for a sec."
"Hold on!"
With an exasperated smile, Vivienne pushed away Percival's hand and called out to Kaitlyn, "Kaitlyn, I'm not sick. It's just... feels like someone's gossiping about me.'
"Wow, you've got some sixth sense, Vivienne! I was just saying how you and Percival are always popping into the hospital, and you picked up on it?"
As the words fell, Leopold suddenly peeked his head around the door frame.
Thomas strode in behind him, greeting, "Percival, ma'am."
Kaitlyn gaped at the two lads who had just appeared, "Um, Vivienne, Mr. Ellington. Are these friends of yours?"
Trying not to admit it but nodding anyway, Vivienne shot Leopold a look, "Kaitlyn, meet Leopold, my junior. Thomas, Mr. Wolf's assistant. They just called Mr. Wolf about some urgent business, so we had them come over. Sorry, we didn't tell you in advance."
"What's there to be sorry about?" Kaitlyn blinked, "Come on in, come on. This room's not exactly a palace, so mind the mess."
Leopold was always quick to warm up to people, while Thomas was still fumbling for words.
Leopold chatted away with a big grin, lowering his voice so as not to disturb the patients, "Mrs. Littleton, no need for formalities with us. If you're a friend of my Vivienne, you're a friend of mine. What's there to worry about between friends, right, Thomas?"
Thomas opened and closed his mouth, wanting to point out Leopold's verbosity. But then he thought better of it, realizing there was some truth in the words, and reluctantly grunted in agreement. "What brings you guys here?" Vivienne cut straight to the chase, "Shouldn't you be at work this time of day?"
Leopold spread his hands: "Vivienne, we quit our jobs."
paper bag
and Percival exchanged
were not at
even ask why, his gaze fixed on the object in Leopold's hand,
Ran into Matthew downstairs, and he handed me this for you, Vivienne. Said it's about
up."
but some items couldn't be sent digitally, so he printed and
curiosity. When she touched the paper bag, she could feel the unevenness inside that was
the door before feeling
as ever, leaned in to
the first thing they saw
looked ancient, like something you'd dig up in an archaeological
family's ancestral grave or something? Is this even from this century?" Thomas gave him a look, "You'll find
saying Matthew's turned to tomb raiding? That doesn't sound
Thus the nickname
but give Leopold a glance, thinking, "Vivienne's junior didn't seem too
talking doesn't make you mute," Vivienne lost patience with Leopold's wild conjectures and knocked on his head, "This is likely
the strip, noticing a piece of paper tied to
to handle, so she flipped it over, "Mr. Wolf, could you
"Of course."
about the information leaking, Matthew had secured the
tear the document, "Your junior... truly a collection of hidden
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