SWNOVELS Chapter 58
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Willingly, I follow Jerome and my other guard out of the room and
into the hall. The three of us scurry towards the door, guilt roiling in me to be the cause of so much strife. Before I step out the door, though, I hear a little voice call out behind me.
“Wait!” it says.
I turn to see Romulus running down the stairs, a little book in his hands. He dashes to meet me at the door. “I found this in
my closet!” he says, “a long time ago!” He holds up the book to me and I can see that it’s a very small photo album. I take it from him gently and flip it open, shocked to see that it’s images of my mother’s wedding day-
And, oh my god – that I’m in them-
“That’s you, right?” Romulus says, peeking at the pages of the book, pointing at the picture of my mother.
“No,” I say softly. “That was my mom. Thank you for showing it to me, Romulus,” I say, looking down at him gratefully. I push it back. towards him, as the noise escalates in the next room. I hope that some day I’ll be able to look through it more closely, but now, it definitely seems like time to go –
“No, I you can keep it,” Romulus says, smiling up at me. “And
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maybe, when you come back, you can bring me a present.” He gives me a big smile and I can’t stop myself from laughing.
“A fair trade,” I say and then jerk up, suddenly, at a crash I hear
from the sitting room.
“You’d better go,” he says, nodding at me.
“Will you be okay?” I ask, looking over his shoulder.
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“Sure,” he says, grinning at me with confidence. “This happens all
the time.”
“Miss,” one of my guards says, again tugging at my arm.
“Okay,” I say, following my guard. “It was nice meeting you!” I call back to – wow, to my little brother.
“You too!” he says, waving to me as I go.
As I sit in the car on the way home, I clutch the photo album in my hands, not yet ready to open and explore it. What the hell was I going to find inside?
Kent is waiting for me as I come back into the house. “Well?” He asks, smirking at me as he leans against the wall in the entry.
“That was a fast little family dinner.”
I glare at him a little, taking off my coat and handing it to the waiting housekeeper. “Why didn’t you tell me I had a step–mom?”
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He laughs then, low. “I wanted you to have the pleasure of getting
to know Tristin Alden all on your own. Tell me, how long did it take
her to kick you out? Five minutes? Ten?”
“More like three,” I say, wrapping my arms around myself, the photo album pressed against my chest. “I indicated that I recognized the sugar bowl and she…didn’t like that. Said I was stealing her kids‘ inheritance.”
Kent laughs harder at that, shaking his head a little. Then, his eyes light on the photo album. “What’s that?” he asks.
“Photos,” I say softly, unwrapping my arms and looking down at the little leather–bound book. “Of my mom’s wedding.”
“Very interesting,” he says, but thankfully he doesn’t push it. “Dinner in twenty minutes,” he calls after me as I head up the stairs. “Considering Alden didn’t feed you.”
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