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52 The Young Caretaker

Penulis: Jenne Lopes
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-06-21 21:35:33

Evelyn

She's young.

The thought hit me like a slap as Hilda appeared in the doorway. This wasn't the matronly, middle-aged woman I'd been picturing all this time. This was a girl—maybe early twenties at most, with red hair and an intricate tattoo sleeve covering her left arm.

What the hell was Damon thinking?

"You're Miss Hilda?" I heard myself ask.

"That's me." Her voice had a rasp to it, and green eyes that seemed to take in everything. "And you're the famous Dr. Graham. Ava's been talking about you nonstop."

Ava bounced on her toes beside me. "Miss Hilda, this is Dr. Graham! She's taking care of Aunt Susan and she helped me when Tommy was being mean today."

"So I heard." Hilda's smile was warm when she looked at Ava, genuine in a way that eased some of my confusion. At least she seemed to actually care about my daughter.

"I hope it's alright that I brought her back a bit late," I said. "We were just looking at fireflies."

"Well, you have perfect timing. I just finished making dinne
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Lilys
Seem to me how she felt towards Ava and her conscious actions contradicted with each other…
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Lilys
than the other way round.. Sure she had helped protected her from her bullies, etc but that was the least she could do as a mother esp when she wasn’t there for her for last 5 years.. to watch her growth ?
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Lilys
I didn’t understand why Evelyn wasn’t making use of all opportunities to be close and showed all the love and cares a mother should to her daughter but felt she was restraining and holding back, even when it was just 2 of them? Looks like Ava was the one who initiated to be close to her rather
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  • He Slept With My Sister, When I Was Giving Birth   Author's Note

    Hey everyone,I wanted to take a moment to apologize for the slower chapter releases lately. I'm currently away from home with very limited power access, which means I'm working exclusively on battery life - and my laptop isn't exactly winning any longevity awards these days!I've been trying to make the most of the few hours of charge I get each day, but it's definitely affecting my ability to maintain our usual posting schedule. The chapters might be coming out a bit rougher than usual too, since my editing time is so constrained.I'm really sorry about this disruption. I know many of you look forward to regular updates, and I hate letting you down. Please know that I'm just as eager to get back to our normal rhythm as you are.The good news is this situation is temporary. I'll be back to full writing capacity soon, and I promise to make it up to you all when I return.Thank you so much for your patience and understanding during this time. Your support means everything to me.See you

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