Chapter 9

An announcement was made to announce the arrival of flights at Embervale Airport. From a far distance off, Callie saw Rebecca and her family waving at her enthusiastically. As she jogged up to them, the three faces that smiled back at her rid her of all her negative emotions. "Aunt Becca! Uncle Geoff! Jodie!" Jodie was ten years old, and this was the first time she was meeting her cousin, Callie. But she'd heard such a lot of good things about Callie from Rebecca. Hence, she threw herself into Callie's embrace the moment she saw her. "Callie, are you tired from the flight? Here, let me massage your thighs so that you'll feel better!" Rebecca's husband, Geoffrey, helped Callie with her luggage as Jodie put her hands on Callie's thighs and began kneading away. Callie was charmed by how adorable she was. She picked Jodie up into her arms in one swift motion. "I'm not tired. But you should be pretty exhausted waiting for me here for two hours, aren't you, Jodie?" "How could I poss