Chapter 51 Help him love again.

The mansion quieted again after lunch.

The quadruplets were asleep, sprawled across the living room in odd angles.

Daniela tucked a blanket over them before heading toward the kitchen. The faint hum of the refrigerator and the smell of jasmine tea filled the air.

She didn’t realize Grandma was sitting by the window until the old woman spoke.

“Tea’s better when you share it, dear.”

Daniela startled a little. “Oh! I didn’t see you there.”

Grandma smiled, her eyes soft but knowing. “Sit. Let me look at you properly.”

Daniela hesitated, then joined her by the window.

Grandma poured her a cup, hands steady despite the years. “You’re gentle,” she said, her tone reflective. “Gentle in the way people become after they’ve been broken before.”

Daniela blinked, unsure by what she said.

“I’ve been wanting to talk to you, Daniela,” Grandma said gently. “Ever since the boys started telling me stories about you.”

Daniela smiled shyly. “They talk a lot, don’t they?”

“They do,” Grandma chuckled. “The