Birthday

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT;

Birthday

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ARC FIVE:

Shrouded in Mysteries

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The sound of the broken glasses invited silence in all of them.

Victoria widens her eyes in shock while Jack and Melanie share glances. Tyler, on the other hand, has his brows furrowed as he watched Althea pale from the shock of his mother's question.

The question, too, shocked all of them, especially Jack and Melanie. They never thought that their boss's parents were already dead. What's more, it's both of them.

It might not be shocking, because she's not the only one who lost all of her parents after all. But the two of them always thought that her parents were alive. No wonder Althea never talked about them before.

Tyler was also shocked, but he didn't say anything. With his eyes, he just observed her every movement.

Victoria was also wondering, she's wondering why Althea reacted like this to the mere mention of her parents' death, but she can ask again bluntly. She, more or less, caused this (but really, she's the