Chapter 140

“Look, I’m wide awake now that you’re here. Let’s chew the fat, shall we?”

Madelyn was confused. “Chew the fat? What do

you mean?”

Margaret patted her thigh. “What? You don’t know what that means? Chew the fat means have a chat.”

Madelyn nodded thoughtfully. “What would you like to chat about?”

Then, Margaret said quietly, “I overheard a few things when I went out earlier. I can guarantee that your father is going to have two more children in three years. You’re going to have a little brother very soon.”

that the way Margaret spoke was open and direct. However, she did not pay much attention to what Margaret was telling her

women, but he would never want any of them to have his child. Even if something went

caused a scene with a baby in her arms. However, Madelyn never heard anything about her afterward, and that baby just

was the only time that something like

room, and there was a faint smell of burned charcoal. Margaret was snoring loudly, but Madelyn could not

up. Madelyn got out of bed carefully without waking Margaret up. She covered herself with the quilt

thick layer of snow outside. Her wool slippers were already dried. She put them

cleaning up the mess from last

inside, only to be met

and quickly

wound. As she tried to wipe the marks on her neck, she could not help but recall

away

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