Chapter 762 The Kids

I nodded, feeling the weight of my past heavy on my shoulders. My heart was tired, and I was done with complications. A quiet life with Mom sounded perfect. She seemed to pick up on my mood and her face lit up a bit as she steered the conversation elsewhere, "Yvette, remember Charlotte and Chloe?" I was lost for a second, staring at her blankly. She paused before adding, "Charlotte and Chloe, the kids you had sent back here. We were supposed to have Little Sanchez take them to their family, but they'd moved away, nowhere to be found. I couldn't bear to see them so helpless, so I set them up with a place in Lake City." When Mom mentioned that, it all clicked. I looked at her and said, "Oh yeah, I got Maxwell's message about them tagging along with you. I haven't spotted them around since I got back. Where'd you stash them, Mom?" She gave a soft chuckle. "Where could I possibly stash them? I sent them off to boarding school. You've been a bit under the weather, and I figured the kids