345 Catching Up

She spoke of when he left and went missing very mildly, and Garan—who had heard the actual story from Beany—did not call her out.

He only listened, gently patting her back or her waist as she spoke out. But she got to the disaster, Garan flinched—startled by the fact that she was all alone.

"What?!" He exclaimed, not considering Ansel wasn't with her until recently. 

What was that brat doing?! 

"I wasn't alone," she told him, "I had Sheila and the others. More importantly, I had these two."

On cue, the babies babbled cutely and the anger in Garan's heart dissipated like smoke.

"It's your turn," she said, smiling at him. His eyes softened even more and nodded.

"Hmm."

He started in their transfer and he also glazed over all the tragedies and hardships, skipping over to their property in Ferrol.