"Yeah, I'm ready."
"You don't have to be nervous, Wesley. She’s nice and only wants the best for the kids. As long as you promise to take good care of Rose, she won't oppose it."
"I get it."
Avery took Wesley to the abbess and went to the backyard to find the children.
The nuns had taken Rose, Layla, and Robert to the backyard so they could distribute the gifts and envelopes to the children.
All the children were in the chapel as it was the weekend, and everyone was excited to have new visitors.
The children formed into two lines under the nuns' instruction, and when Avery went to the backyard, she saw the nuns introducing the children to Layla and Robert.
One of the nuns told the children that Layla and Robert were friends who lived below the hill, but they did not say anything about their background, which was a relief to Avery.
"Inside the envelope Robert gives you is the money he had saved up over the years. Remember to say thank you to him once you get it. Of course, the same goes for the hairclips Layla brought you. What should we say?"
"Thank you, Layla!" The children thanked Layla in unison.
Layla's heart was moved.
Her family had given her plenty of jewelry, and beautiful dresses and shoes. Even if she were to wear a new outfit every day, it would take her a whole month to wear everything. She had been the center of attention all her life, not having to worry about making ends meet. Her eyes reddened as she looked at the young girls before her who had been abandoned by their own parents.
She had been very lucky. There was not a drop of darkness in her life, but it did not mean that the darkness did not exist out there.
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