Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed novel Chapter 861

Being able to spend the holidays with them and stay for so long afterward was already a rare treat.

To ask for more would be greedy.

It had only been a day since the couple left, but Geneva found the sudden silence in the old house unsettling.

She had lived like this for years, but now…

It just goes to show, it’s easy to get used to the good life, but hard to go back.

After tasting the joy of having her daughter and son-in-law around, how could she endure the cold loneliness again?

"I can't take it," the matriarch declared, shooting up from her seat. "I'm going to Pinehollow!"

Neely looked at her with resigned helplessness. "Don't be ridiculous. Madge is still out of town on business. What are you going to do in Pinehollow all by yourself?"

"I—can't I go see Norris? Or… I could go meet Madge! The point is, I can't stay in this house a minute longer!"

Neely sighed. "Norris is out from dawn till dusk, busy with his teaching duties. I heard he's taking on extra responsibilities this semester. If you go see him now… won't you just be adding to his troubles?"

"I won't bother him! Can't I just stay at his place? I could even cook for him and wait for Madge to get back…"

"Oh, you. At your age, you're acting more and more like a child, completely unable to be without your kids."

Geneva huffed. "I don't believe for a second that you don't want to go too!"

Neely was speechless.

Fine, he did want to go.

"If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain," she said. "Are you coming with me or not?"

Neely remained silent.

The next morning, the matriarch got up, had breakfast, and immediately started sighing dramatically again.

Her husband, however, was perfectly calm, wearing his reading glasses and scrolling through something on a tablet.

She sat beside him, uninterested in what he was doing, her eyes landing on the fruit bowl on the coffee table, which only made her think of Madge again.

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