The Runaway Groom

Stan said, "It's me, Mrs. Jefferson.”

Irene’s eyes lowered slightly and said flatly, "Yeah."

"The crisis is over for now," Stan continued. "You can move back to the castle.”

The mastermind, Hector, had been deported back to Zidonia and would be sentenced to death in no time at all since he was responsible for a handful of deaths.

"Okay," Irene replied and quickly asked about Isaac. "Did the doctors say when he'll be better?"

Stan was silent for a while before answering, "The doctor said soon." Irene did not even need to guess—while Stan paused, he was actually asking Isaac what to say.

"Stan, is he hiding something from me?" she asked then with a threatening edge in her voice.

Stan was speechless.

He felt so awkward being caught in the middle!

He certainly would not dare to speak out of turn where Isaac was concerned, but that meant he had trouble answering Irene too.

If he said something wrong, he would have to suffer Isaac's abuse.

would be nice if James were there to

knew that that was impossible, since it would take James a long while to recover

would

thought left

he chuckled. “I'd never lie to you. Don't worry—Mr. Jefferson is really

is he?"

an eye examination," he replied, and he was not lying— the doctors had just come to take him

of him,"

was the only one around Isaac, and she knew Stan was hardly as competent

her phone, Tommy

asked, looking

said, blinking his large, innocent eyes. Irene held his gaze for a while. "You just don't want to study, do you?" Tommy was

"Don't even think about

she would not go because Isaac told her not

with this condition, and she would wait quietly for him to return

the other hand, since Tommy could not say anything, he

Mrs. Watson as she did not see Zachary

did not see him,