John and Sophia looked at each other before going in. William thought something was wrong, so he wanted to call
Matilda and Yolanda back, but John stopped him.
Sophia smiled. John was just inviting Yolanda out of courtesy. He wasn’t planning on her actually having dinner with
them. It’d be awkward if Yolanda and Matilda were around the same table, so they ditched the plan.
Quickly finishing her dinner, Sophia went upstairs, but a while later, she called from the staircase, “Mom, did you
see my plaid shirt? You kept it for me, didn’t you?”
Matilda looked up in surprise. “It’s in your cabinet!”
“I don’t see it,” Sophia mumbled. “Never mind. I’ll look around.” After a while, she came out again. “Mom, do you
know where the ultrasound report is? It’s missing!”
John came out of the dining room. “It’s in the cabinet. Try looking there.”
“Oh.” Before she could turn around, William had come out of the dining room after finishing his dinner. Thus, she
asked, “Done so soon, Dad?”
William paused for a moment before he answered, “Yes.”
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Sophia smiled. “Go over and sit with Mom, then. Have a little chat with Ms. Bloom.” She then went to her room, not
before she remarked as she walked, however, “I’m really getting forgetful these days. I keep forgetting where
everything is. It’s so frustrating.”
John looked up at the second floor and smiled. She can act well.
William and Matilda were fidgeting, especially Matilda. The way Sophia addressed her and William was
embarrassing her.
William then sat before both of them, and he looked at Yolanda. “How’s your leg looking? Can you move around?”
Yolanda smiled beautifully. “I’m fine. Just threw away my clutch, see. I can walk normally, but not for too long. And I
can’t stand for a long time either.”
William nodded. “That’s good to hear.” Subsequently, he looked at Matilda, inexplicably sheepish. “You haven’t had
dinner yet, have you? Why don’t you have something to eat first?”
Matilda stood up. “Sure. You guys carry on.”
Afterward, John came over and sat beside William. “A few days ago, my dad told me he’s worried about you. He
wants to see you, but work got in his way.”
Work got in his way, but he can make time to have dinner here? That surprised Yolanda a little, but she nodded.
“I’m fine. The servants are taking good care of me.” Then she continued, “I was thinking I should talk with Matilda,
but my wound got in the way, so I had to delay it until today, but I didn’t expect you to be here.”
She was looking at William when she spoke, and he nodded calmly. “Yeah. I’m just here for a meal.”
A short while after Matilda started having her dinner, her phone vibrated—Sophia texted her. ‘How does it feel?’
Sophia asked. Feel what? There’s nothing but awkwardness. Maybe she was reading too much into it, but she
thought Yolanda was looking at her weirdly, as if Matilda was her old, unreasonable self.
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