Chapter 24
After Preston’s passing, Cedric visited the Norwood residence every week with the kids so that they could spend more time with Louis
As it there was an unspoken agreement, no one brought up Preston’s name after that
To clarissa and Jamie, Preston had just gone somewhere far away without specifying when he would be coming back.
However, whenever Cedric bought a cake for them, the girls would definitely leave a slice in the fridge.
The sad atmosphere in the Norwood residence gradually lessened with time.
On the other hand, Clarissa and Jamie grew more and more mischievous with age. They would turn their house upside down whenever their parents were not paying enough
attention
Jolene woke up from a nap one day and found the girls crouching over a corner of the house, seemingly going through something. She was about to walk over and give them a scare, but the girls came running to her while waving a few pieces of paper.
“Mommy, who’s Starley?”
Jolene halted in her tracks. She noticed that the things the girls were holding looked quite familiar. They were the love letters that Cedric had kept hidden from her During their seven years of marriage, Jolene had searched every inch of their bedroom but still could not find the letters. Yet, the girls somehow managed to find them. Jolene could not help but find this amusing.
She placed the papers back inside the box and whispered a few things to the girls.
When Cedric arrived home that day, Clarissa and Jamie ran up to him excitedly and clung to him.
“Daddy, who’s Starley? Why did you write so many letters to her?”
Cedric’s brows twitched when he spotted what they were holding. Just as he was about to take the letters away from the girls, Cedric heard the sound of Jolene letting out a cough
She leaned against the railing on the second floor and smiled brightly, looking like a sly fox.
Cedric could tell she had gone through the letters just by looking at the expression on her face. Strangely, he felt rather relieved now that the secret that he had been hiding for more than ten years was finally exposed.
While the nanny took the girls outside to play, Cedric brought the letters and walked over to Jolene. Before he could say anything, Jolene quickly explained her innocence.
“It was your daughters who found the letters. I have nothing to do with it.”
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