Chapter 255

A little while later, the light show began.
As Maggie smiled and watched the dazzling lights, she suddenly thought she heard Daisy’s voice, “Aunt
Miller!”
Maggie turned around and indeed saw Harry and Daisy.
When Daisy saw her, she became even happier and eagerly reached out her hand.
Maggie squeezed through the crowd with Xavier and walked over to Harry and Daisy, picking Daisy up in
Daisy wrapped her arms around Maggie’s neck, both of them watching the light show together, with Daisy excitedly screaming and smiling non–stop, “Auntie, look!”
Maggie laughed, “Mm, Auntie sees it.”
There were many people around, and the festive atmosphere was wonderful. Maggie’s smile hardly left
Harry watched her smile and, concerned she might get tired from holding Daisy too long, took Daisy back from her arms. He then asked, “Where’s Hugo? Didn’t he come with you?”
“He’s over there with his classmates,” Maggie pointed to where Hugo and his friends were.
She was about to look away, but when she turned her head, she spotted three familiar faces.
Her smile quickly faded.
Those three people were none other than Logan, Janice, and Landon.
Maggie didn’t know what they had been talking about, but Logan was fondly ruffling Landon’s hair. The three of them were standing together, all wearing happy smiles, and the atmosphere was warm and
Maggie’s expression changed noticeably.
Harry couldn’t help but notice.
Following her gaze, he saw Logan and the others.
Before he could look away, Landon spotted them too,
In such a festive setting, seeing familiar faces outside, Landon got excited and waved his hand, shouting,
“Harry!”
At the sound of his voice, Logan and Janice turned to look.
Seeing Harry, they both smiled.
But when they saw Maggie, their smiles froze for a moment and then faded.
Especially Janice.
Upon seeing Maggie and Harry standing together, she almost immediately furrowed her brows.
Since they had bumped into each other, it would be awkward not to say hello.
Harry paused for a moment and then said to Maggie, “I’ll go say hello.”
Maggie calmly replied, “You can do whatever you what.”
Harry looked at her face for a moment longer before walking over with Daisy.
Xavier noticed the change in Maggie’s expression.
Xavier could tell that something had happened with his aunt, but he had little memory of his former
However, seeing the sudden shift in Maggie’s face, he instinctively guessed the identity of Logan and
His heart tightened, and he squeezed Maggie’s hand. “Aunt, should we leave now?”
Maggie didn’t want to spoil his and Hugo’s fun for the night.
She shook her head and said, “I’m fine.”
The sudden shift in her mood wasn’t because she still had feelings for Logan.
It was just… seeing Janice and Logan made her think of her mother.
Especially during such a festive time.
Why were they a happy family of three, while her mother…
Oh, wait. It was actually a family of four.
Julia was probably off on a date with Franklin, wasn’t she?
They had ruined her mother’s life so terribly, yet their own family of four was thriving. It was laughable!
Xavier clenched Maggie’s hand but didn’t speak.
He had known for a long time that their family was different from others.
For them, New Year’s was the most painful time.
Because for them, going to the nursing home to visit their aunt was painful, but not going was just as
Every visit to the nursing home brought their past memories into sharp focus, making it hard to find
peace. Letting go was painful, and not letting go was equally painful.
Their family’s life had always been okay, neither too good nor too bad.
But then that woman’s daughter suddenly reappeared after all these years and took her ex–husband
away, and now they had all moved to the capital, just to add more to their burdens.
Noticing the change in Maggie and Xavier’s expressions, Hugo excused himself from his friends and came
back to check on them.
He didn’t know what had happened, but he asked, “Sister, what’s wrong?”
Before Maggie could speak, Xavier shot a glance at Logan’s direction and said, “Those people talking to Harry are from the Brown family.”
Hugo immediately understood and pressed his lips tightly together.
Elsewhere:
Harry and Logan had already exchanged pleasantries.
When Harry turned around, he noticed that Maggie and Xavier were no longer in sight. Fresh chapters posted on.net
The Miller family didn’t have a habit of staying up late, so by the time Maggie and Xavier returned home,. Old Lady Miller and the others were already asleep.
When Maggie went upstairs to her room, it was just midnight.
Her phone rang for a while.
Johnny, Harry, and some of her colleagues, including Reed Hardin and Jimmy Hall, all sent her New Year’s greetings.
Maggie saw the messages and replied to each one, including Harry’s. She also took the initiative to send a New Year’s greeting to Nolan and Jessica.
At that moment, Reed sent another message asking if she had time in the next few days. He said that he hadn’t had a chance to properly thank her for the last matter due to his busy work schedule, but he had some free time now and wanted to invite her to dinner.
After chatting with Reed, Maggie put down her phone and went into the bathroom to take a shower.