Desiree sighed. “It was a horrible time for you each. Shedding your mother and father, after which Luna dropping you because of your struggling and grief. I don’t assume the blame lies at anybody’s ft, not likely.”

Jim cleared his throat. “We should always most likely take this inside.” He nodded towards the limousine. “I believe we’re drawing sufficient consideration with out airing our grievances out right here.”

Aiden nodded on the driver, who nodded again and climbed into the automobile earlier than the lengthy automobile glided ahead onto the highway and out of sight. Aiden then adopted Luna and her mother and father inside the home, with its now aged and faintly musty scent.

That there have been images of Luna on virtually each wall didn’t go unnoticed. Regardless of her disappearance from their lives, they cherished their daughter and held onto her in the one manner they’d identified how.

“I made us dinner,” Desiree knowledgeable. “However I believe we may all use a pre-dinner drink.”

Jim nodded and headed to the bar, his actions tellingly stiff. “Permit me to pour us all a drink.”

Luna went straight to the kitchen and eliminated a stack of plates from an overhead cabinet. Clearly nothing had modified, all the things was the place it’d at all times been, if one discounted the actual fact the as soon as vibrant cobalt of the kitchen had aged right into a uninteresting, brittle blue. “I’ll set the desk.”

“I’ll assist,” Aiden confirmed, and eliminated the cutlery from one of many kitchen drawers.

By the point they sat on the desk, Luna’s mom had retrieved chilly sliced roast beef, potato salad, coleslaw and garlic bread straight out of the oven, and Luna’s dad had poured them every a wealthy, purple wine.

“Assist yourselves,” Desiree mentioned, her lips pursing right into a smile as she seemed across the desk. Her eyes immediately grew damp. “I by no means thought I’d have my household again across the desk like this once more.”

Luna seemed down at her empty plate, her shoulders taut. “I’m sorry it took so lengthy to return again,” she mentioned in a small voice. “It’s simply…I felt like such a failure. Then at some point was one other and I couldn’t bear to face anybody and listen to their questions. Then I-I believed you’d each hate me for not coming again and even contacting you.”

“How may we ever hate you?” Jim requested, his voice shocked. “The day we introduced you house was the very best day of our lives.”

“You accomplished us,” Desiree mentioned.

Luna balled her fingers into fists, then burst into tears. “I’m so sorry,” she sobbed. “I don’t deserve both of you.”

Aiden’s shoulders bunched, then he pushed again his chair and mentioned, “I’m the one who must be sorry. It was my fault for turning my again on Luna when she was the one particular person I ought to have turned to. My callous rejection unraveled all the things good to these individuals I cherished probably the most.”

He walked to Luna and bent to embrace her. “I’m so sorry,” he whispered.

For a minute or two, no person moved or seemingly breathed, then Jim cleared his throat and mentioned, “I’m so glad we’ve aired the previous. Now we are able to all transfer on, into the long run.”

“Right here, right here,” Desiree mentioned, her voice husky with emotion. “Now, let’s eat. We will’t let all this good meals go to waste.”

Chapter Fourteen

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