Adrian stopped Zara. "Auntie...let's just leave the past as it is."
Ethan nodded and sighed. "Auntie, I know you want our betterment...but we are now more involved in the future."
Zara sighed and smiled. "Let this conversation be buried here."
Ethan and Adrian sighed together, let the bygones be the bygones.
A beautiful future awaited them.
Zara had nostalgic smile in her eyes and nodded and the two kids who grew up to be adults in front of her eyes.
.
Another year passed...
The day began in silence.
There were no birdsong melodies fluttering through the garden, no chimes dancing in the breeze. The usual sound of little feet running down the grand hallway of Levistis Manor had stilled. Even the wind, it seemed, paused at the edge of the orchard—mourning with them.
Jesper Sebanil had passed away in his sleep the night before.
