Chapter 530

Madeline:

I had come home after a failed attempt to speak with Ron and Sherry. Honestly, it hurt to see friends turning their backs on each other for the sake of a crown.

And for someone like Graham, not to mention.

I threw myself onto the couch and lay staring at the ceiling when my children came running toward me.

“Mommy, Mommy, do you know what happened?” Bodhi and Elara jumped to either side of me, Bodhi touching my cheek to get my attention.

“I had a dream, and I saw Gina in it.”

The name had barely left his mouth when my heart crumbled. Memories of her rushed through me, and my hands longed to touch her again.

I wanted to hear her footsteps. I wanted her to come and hug me, but that was never going to happen. She was gone now.

“Really? That is really good.” I tried to smile so I would not alarm my son.

“And guess what? I saw Daddy with her.”

When he added those words, my spine stiffened. Goosebumps covered my skin, but

I could not tell my son not to say that.

That it would never happen. I hoped it would not.

“Oh, your father will be waking up very soon, in a few days.”

I tried to shift the attention away from the dream when Elara gently touched my cheek to make me turn toward her.

“I had the same dream. I saw Daddy and Gina together. And I was so jealous. I want

to be with them too,” she mumbled, pouting and folding her arms over her chest.

My body started to shake. No matter how many times I told them that Gina was dead, they would not take it seriously.

And now they were saying that Baxter was with her. That was not possible.

I had been visiting the hospital, and the doctor told me that the IVs were working fine.

I mean, of course he could not speak for Baxter because Baxter was in the coffin, and he could not open it to check on him.

At the same time, these little things had been worrying me.

Only a few days were left before I would see Baxter again, and I was counting on them.

“See, cooking helps with depression,” Lord Jonah’s voice came.

Then Yuvonne and Lord Jonah walked out of the kitchen. They had baked cupcakes, and Yuvonne was holding them on a tray.

She placed the tray down, gave me a smile, and sat beside me, completely lost in thought.

She was trying her best to look active and interact with everyone for our sake. But I could tell it was not easy for her.

“And you know, Mommy, your sister can play video games. She is so good at them.”

Bodhi held my face in his hands, turning me toward him.

“Oh, really? That is good,” I replied dryly.

I guess somewhere along the line, I missed something.

Lord Jonah noticed the agitation in my body language and the silence that made it obvious I wanted to be alone with Yuvonne.

I had been constantly glancing at

her, trying to get her attention, but she was just sitting there, staring the wall with a faint frown on her forehead.

“How about we take these outside and eat while we watch the birds in the trees?

What do you say?” Lord Jonah suggested, picking up the tray.

He left a few cupcakes for us and took the children with him. He was very fond of outdoor activities and silence, teaching them to sit quietly* and observe their surroundings for a few minutes.

I truly admired his way of teaching my children. It brought a calmness to their body language.

Once he was gone, I turned to Yuvonne.

I remembered the reason Ron had been upset with me for not throwing her out of the house after she cheated on him.

“It was Graham, was it not?” I began, noticing her snap out of her thoughts and turning her face toward me.

“He was in the mansion and–” I paused.

“You gave him a blowjob,” I whispered, feeling a heaviness in my heart as I said those words.

The way she stared at me before panic rose within her made it clear that what everyone else was saying was true.

She started to shake her head and hug herself.

“How do you know? How do you know?” she repeated, fear evident in her voice.

“You need to tell me exactly what happened, and then I will tell you how I know,” I said, my tone firm because she needed to come clean.

She looked at me, and as she began to cry, she spoke through hiccups.

“He blackmailed me. He said he would have Ron convicted as a murderer, that he would arrest me and ruin everything. And my mother” she trailed off rapsbling, and my heart broke for her Contenit