Chapter 38: Eyes on the Mistress

GENERAL POV

It was past noon, and the golden glow of evening lingered.

Joseph dropped the kids off at their estate. After they climbed out, he partially stuck out his head from the car window as usual and yelled sprightly.

"Going off to get your mom now; we’ll be right back just soon.”

“Okay.” They responded uniformly.

Waving at him and watching him drive back out in reverse motion. Owen and Nathan went to lock up the gates.

‘I’m so famished.” Isabella complained to herself from where she stood.

Owen and Nathan broke into a run on their return from the gate.

"What happened? Where are guys dashing to?"

Isabella asked with her eyebrows raised and her little hands fixed on her waist.

"We've got just about two hours, Bella." Owen tried explaining with a quick voice while still on his heels, darting past her as he raced into the house.

The confusion remained smothered on Isabella’s face.

“Two hours to what?” She asked further, but Owen was already far gone; it was Nathan, who was behind h