One month passed in the blink of an eye. Over that stretch, Aaron had not been able to find any traces of Nancy no matter what he tried.
Although he could not locate her, he had been largely successful at reclaiming the power that Nancy once wielded. His intention in tracking her down was solely for the purpose of seeing her brought to justice in the letter of the law.
In that month's time, Aaron had sent out the word everywhere to have the family of the three children found. His concerted efforts had ultimately proven fruitful in the end, and he only just had someone send over to take those three children off Arielle's hands.
“I did find it quite tiring when the three of them were around, Vinson, but right now, I really could not bear to have them returned to their family so suddenly.” Arielle leaned against Vinson, appearing to be quite despondent.
Vinson held her. She was by no means the only one who felt the emptiness that accompanied this sense of loss.
Though Arielle had requested help from that handful of relatives in the care of those children, she could only ask them to do so over a few days, as the latter, after all, also had families of their own to contend with. The rest of the time was split between the trio of Arielle, Lorraine, and himself, who had taken turns to look after those three wee ones.
As such, that unexpectedly swift separation would certainly require some adjustments to be made on their own part.
“We could ask Aaron for their address if you really miss them. We could visit them when we are able to,” said Vinson as he caught her hand and brought it closer to his own lips for a kiss.
“I think we should let it go. We'll be headed back after things are settled here. So should we ever grow too attached to them...”
Even though Arielle had yet to finish, Vinson could understand what she meant.
Unwilling to see her sad, Vinson gave it some thought before he said, “Let's adopt a kid from the orphanage after we are home.”
Arielle looked up at him in surprise. He really doesn't want me to conceive!
Having spent considerable time with those three children, she was under the impression that he had already grown fond of them and moved on from not wanting her to become pregnant. Unexpectedly, he still remained steadfast toward that line of thinking.
“Let's talk, Vinson.” Removing herself from his embrace, Arielle sat up straight to regard him in earnest.
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