Chapter 292


    Chapter 292


    It was Arthur’s birthday the next day. Hesper didn’t work overnight and just gave Renfrew a call before


    she went to sleep and exined why she didn’t go visit him.


    Even though she asked Rickard to exin to Renfrew, to not disappoint him, she still wanted to exin


    to him personally.


    Renfrew knew that he wouldn’t be seeing his mother that day but was still happy when she called. He


    hagy repeating that he missed his mommy, and that made Hesper’s heart melt. She sat next to the


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    window and smiled.


    “I’ll visit you when I’m back, even if it’s a weekday.”


    “Yay! I’ll be waiting for you!”


    Hesper smiled and nodded but realized that Renfrew wouldn’t see that. When she wanted to speak


    again all she heard was the steady breathing of her child.


    After some ruffling, Rickard’s voice came from the phone. “He fell asleep”


    “Alright,” Hesper replied. Rickard didn’t hang up, so Hesper didn’t either. They sat there in silence for a


    moment, then Rickard spoke.


    “You went back to Emperion for Grandpa Arthur’s birthday?”


    It was a big celebration because Arthur was turning seventy. Everyone knew about it if it wasnt deca


    his insistence on having the party at home, many would have fought for a chance to host his cary


    Maybe because it was too quiet in the room, as the snow silently fell outside the window but Rickard’s


    voice seemed to be next to her. Hesper said yes, then they went back to sitting there silently


    “It’s gettingte, so you should rest. Good night.” Rickard’s voice was so gentle as if he was afraid that


    te would scare her. Hesper didn’t speak, then when she wanted to talk, all she heard was the dead


    tone of the phone.


    “…Good night.”


    Even though Arthur requested to keep the party small and to just invite family and close frends once t


    was a big milestone, the family still had a lot prepared. Hesper woke up early, but when she walked our


    of her room, the home looked different.


    Matthew was used to waking up early too, so they seemed to have washed up at the same time.


    When- they left their room at the same time, they both paused, then without a word, startedughing.


    “I was wondering why this ce wasn’t decorated when I got home yesterday. I guess was UST. 100


    anxious.” Hesper smiled and said, “After waking up, I realized that I have more work to do, and I’m


    hungry I’m going to see if there’s any food in the kitchen.”


    “Sure, I’m hungry too.”


    It would be unusual to not have food at this house. The helpers woke up early to prepare the food, but


    Hesper didn’t want to take too much, so she just took two small slices of cake.


    “Take this for now.” She handed a slice to Matthew. The freshly baked cake was still hot, so she


    pinched her earlobes and realized that Matthew was looking at her when she looked up


    “…What?”


    Matthew looked ufortable. She looked down to check if her buttons were done wrongly, or maybe


    there was a stain… Was there something on her face?