Chapter 139

Caroline toyed with a roly-poly in the living room. When she looked at Kirk, he was staring back at her. It was as though they were telepathic. She tossed him a smile.

Kirk swallowed before finally speaking into the phone. "I'll ask Carrie about it."

"Okay." Ivan finally heaved a sigh of relief. After ending the call, he went back to the living room.

Avery's parents were there. As Ivan returned, they asked him, "Ivan, what did Kirk say?"

"I told him to ask Caroline what she thinks of this."

Still, Avery's parents didn't relent. Instead, their faces were full of worry when they spoke. "Ivan, we're so sorry about this. Avery didn't know that something like this would happen either."

Ivan waved a hand in the air to dismiss it. "Enough talk about that. What's important is that Caroline and Kirk are okay now."

His words made the Mendeley couple feel even more guilty.

They glanced at Avery beside them, but they didn't have it in them to reprimand her. She was their own daught