Chapter 1224

Stella was still mired in confusion when she got home later that day. She was still holding the documents Weston gave her in her hands when she opened the door to her house. Elias and Emma flew into her arms, laughing in glee as they hugged her tight… “Mommy, you’re home!” Stella tried her best to put on a smile for them. Then she noticed some colorful marks on Emma’s face and asked her, “What are these?” “I was playing with Miguel and Elias!” Emma replied. The girl spoke a lot more fluently and clearly when she was around people she was familiar with. “Miguel was teaching us to play cards,” Elias added, expanding upon Emma’s points as he always did, “and the loser has to have a line drawn on their face!” Stella paused. She reached out her hand to wipe the marks on Emma’s face. “You can play as much as you like,” she told them. “But you have to be careful not to get the marks on your eyes, okay?” Miguel languidly got up from the couch, still holding a deck of cards in his hand