Chapter 443

Joshua planned to find an excuse to sneak out for two hours to attend Mass with his family on New Year's Day, then return to spend time with Queenie immediately after Mass concluded. As for Harry, there was always an endless stream of people dropping by Newman Manor to convey their New Year's blessings on New Year's Day, so Harry would go over to Joshua's house to have lunch with him and Queenie only after entertaining those visitors. It couldn't be helped. When they first got married, he hadn't expected that he would continue to live with her, much less fall in love with her. Thanks to that, he was now in a dilemma. Nobody wanted any unpleasantness on such a special occasion as the New Year. He especially didn't want to leave a bad impression on Queenie on such a significant day because it would be a lifelong annoyance for him if she were to recall what happened this year on every other New Year's Day from now on. "That's how we'll do things this year then," said Harry. "Although,