The Runaway Groom

Irene looked up to see Stan helping Isaac into the room.

She quickly put down her phone and walked up to help Isaac, taking him off Stan's hand.

"What did the doctor say?" she asked.

"He's recovering well," Stan said.

Irene happily forgot about Lulu, all her focus placed on Isaac just then. The blindfold over his eyes was already taken off—he could not see entirely, and most things were just a blur.

Still, the doctor explained that she just had to recover a few days for a full recovery.

Irene happily said, "It's been a while since I've arrived. Tommy just called last night, asking when I'm going home—we can both go home once you're better."

"Yeah," Isaac replied.

However, Irene was concerned.

While Zachary was on hand to care for home before, Zachary's focus would be placed completely on Jean.

them, and James Cross came over with Erin Gooding while also being

back home, but she was more or less worried with two children at home, and she

being capricious?" she asked Isaac—coming when she wanted without making arrangements

to dwell on it, since

problems, and

happened, they were

she saw Isaac's eyes and was profoundly in fear of

you there?" Isaac asked, trying to

won't know where to go. You

her to a nice restaurant outside, her mood relaxing in Isaac's

in Franconia, Zachary was staying with the children at the castle, in the company of

for pointers on how to raise the children, though Sheryl was laughing when he suddenly brought Jean home. "How did you get a child

Zachary smiled. "By accident.”

you just want the child, not the mother?" Sheryl asked, since she was oblivious that

then, and Sheryl, realizing that she had misspoken, quickly tried to change the subject. "How old is she?" "Three

Would have been nice to

them as he lay on his belly, asking, “Is she