Dylan turned to give her a look before returning his focus to driving and he laughed. “In the past, the master thief stole from the rich to give to the poor, but now stealing is a crime and you’ll go to jail if you’re caught and convicted.“Actually, it was a crime back then too, but it was a chaotic time and hard to catch them. Now, there are surveillance cameras everywhere. If the police want to catch you, there’s always a way.“You’re still young and you’re pretty. It’d be better not to follow in your master’s footsteps.”Sugar laughed. “I’m just saying. I wouldn’t actually do anything illegal. My masters all say that times are different now too. They’ve always taught us to abide by the laws and not to commit crimes.”Dylan remarked, “Your masters are still worthy of respect, then.”“There’s nothing worthy of respect in that group of old men who only know how to nag us to get married every day. I don’t see them getting married either. If they did, I’d immediately get married my
After reaching Wiltspoon Hotel, Dylan led Sugar inside and helped her check-in, covering all of her expenses since Grandma May said she was the York family’s honored guest. Naturally, they had to be generous to their guests.After getting the room card, Dylan handed it to Sugar and said, “Do you need me to walk you up?”Sugar smiled and said, “There’s no need. Thank you for dropping me off here. I have to head over to my initial hotel and check out, and grab my things.”“Now? Do you want me to drop you off?”“No, it’s fine. Thank you. Please go ahead and let your grandma know you’ve dropped me off at the hotel so she doesn’t worry.” Sugar declined again, so Dylan did not insist and walked off after telling her to call if she needed anything.She watched him leave, thinking about something. It was only when he disappeared from her line of sight that she made a move and walked outside. First, she headed over to her temporary resting place and packed a small bag to move to Wiltspoon
“He always hangs up on me whenever I remind him about things like this. At his age, he still eats so much grilled food and drinks so much alcohol. I’ve told him countless times and he still refuses to listen,” Sugar grumbled, forgetting the fact that every time she and her fellow disciples went back to visit Silver, they always brought him good food and alcohol.He was more like a child than ever. All he liked to do was eat and drink. Anyway, with Lilian and Doc around, there was no need to worry about the old men’s health.The next morning, the Yorks arranged for a cavalcade of luxury cars to pick up the elders. Only Patrick, still not in very good health, stayed behind at the Stones’ residence. After having breakfast with Patrick, Audrey called Serenity. Last night, Audrey called Corey and arranged to meet her today. Audrey had asked Corey to meet to talk about Liberty and Duncan. Although Serenity was Liberty’s younger sister, their parents were dead and she was one of the few f
The common knowledge was that the elders’ disciples were everywhere and they were outstanding experts in their various respective industries. Only a handful of people could say they had met the elders before. Now that these old timers had suddenly come to Wiltspoon, even Old Mrs. York had gotten excited about it and rushed over to the Stones’ residence to invite them to visit, let alone the Buchams.Audrey laughed. “That’s true. I’ll grab you a bowl of porridge first. Once you get here, it’ll be just nice to eat and won’t scald you.”“You’re so considerate, Aunt Audrey. Thank you.” Serenity said sweetly, which coaxed a wide smile from Audrey.Elisa nudged Remy, who was sitting beside her, and whispered, “Ever since my mom reunited with Serenity and Liberty, she’s only ever smiled that gently and radiantly for them.”“Don’t I dote on you? You heartless little—you’re the one I dote on the most, and you’re still jealous of Seren?” After hanging up, Audrey heard Elisa’s comment and gla
Elisa said, “I hope our future children are as cute and well-behaved as your niece is. Let’s have a daughter. I would love to have a daughter like Clo-clo.”She was not the only one. Anyone who saw Chloe and babysat her liked her. She just seemed to keep getting cuter by the day. When she woke up, she would just play by herself in her cot or sit up and look around.Despite just being a seven-month-old baby, she was quiet and did not cause any disturbance at all, unlike Connor, who would cry so the whole house knew he had woken up.Remy took Elisa’s hand with a sheepish smile and said, “Our family’s pretty similar to the Yorks in this sense. We have a history of having boys and the chances of having girls are really low. Ben already has a daughter, so the rest of us will probably only have boys. We pretty much only get one baby girl per generation.”Elisa was silent for a moment before she asked, “Has that record never been broken?”After a moment of thought, Remy replied, “In any
On their way out, they bumped into Serenity, who was on her way to the Stones’ residence, and both parties stopped to greet each other. Remy let Serenity pass first.He then asked as he continued to drive, “The old-timers have all gone over to the Yorks’ place, but Serenity’s come here this early. I heard they’re going to meet Mrs. Lewis. Is Liberty and Mr. Lewis’s wedding on the horizon?”Elisa answered, “No, it has to do with the Fisher succession. Mr. Patrick’s still alive and he and the other old-timers are the best witnesses to prove my grandmother was murdered by Belinda Fisher. “After learning the truth, the other Fisher family members will definitely object to Belinda continuing as the matriarch. She’s been leading them for decades but hasn’t been very kind to them. She’s been overly domineering and forceful, and many family members haven’t received the care they think they should, so they’ve been dissatisfied with her for quite some time now.“Right after Liberty went to
Half an hour later, Audrey and Serenity left the Stones’ residence to head to where they agreed to meet Corey. Both Derek and Corey came and arrived first. They waited for just a few minutes before Audrey and Serenity arrived too.“Audrey.” When Corey spotted Audrey leading Serenity over to them, she got up to greet them with a smile.“Sorry, we’ve made you wait, Corey.”Serenity greeted Corey politely too.Corey laughed it off. “We just arrived and sat down ourselves. You guys got here before we could even have a sip of water, so we really didn’t wait long.”Then, she took Serenity’s hand in a genial manner and asked about how Serenity had been recently. She even looked at Serenity’s stomach and chuckled, “It really is hard to tell that you’re pregnant while you’re wearing a coat.”“Yeah, my belly isn’t showing much.” Serenity rubbed her stomach. Then, she took Corey’s arm and walked her back to Derek with Audrey. Derek stood up to say hi with a smile too.After they all sat do
“I heard from Duncan that he and Liberty plan to register their marriage after Christmas and only hold a wedding once Liberty has more free time. Derek and I’ve been preparing gifts for them and picking a date.” The gifting would have to wait until Liberty was back in Wiltspoon to receive them. Now, she was so busy that even her son had been left to Serenity to help take care of. Ever since she left for Jensburg, she had not been back to Wiltspoon. It was always Duncan bringing Sonny to Jensburg to visit. Naturally, their wedding would not be held that soon.“Liberty was even thinking of not holding a wedding, saying that it doesn’t matter because it’s her second marriage. That won’t do. We can’t deprive her of anything. Not only do we have to hold a wedding, we have to hold an extravagant one for her.” Corey did not want to deprive both Liberty and her son of a celebration.Of her four sons, when the first three got married, they each held grand weddings. Now that it was her youn