Chapter 441

Queenie walked back out of the room to answer the call, seeing it was from Hanson. Considering it was almost the end of the year, she figured he must be calling because something had come up. When she answered the call, she realized that Hanson sounded rather happy. "Are you still awake, Queenie?" When she heard Hanson being concerned for her, she knew something fishy was happening. "What's going on, Dad? What had happened for you to suddenly express concern for me?" Queenie asked bluntly, latching the sliding door so that Joshua wouldn't be able to have a laugh out of the conversation. "What nonsense!" said Hanson, his tone becoming stern, though he still continued patiently, "I called to tell you that it'll soon be the start of a new year. At the end of the day, we're still family, so we should at least have a get-together. "You didn't even inform me and Stacy when you got married this year. I can overlook your willfulness, but it seems even your husband lacks sensibility, seei