Chapter Eighty-Four - Connecting With Knox

“Sure. You don’t need to ask me, Christian. I want you to have close friends like I do.”

Christian looked genuinely happy at the prospect of reconnecting with Knox. In the evening, he dropped Skylar home.

“I’ll come home in a couple of hours. Don’t miss me too much,” he said, planting a soft kiss on her forehead.

“I won’t. I’ll video call the girls.” She walked away with a smile while Christian drove away towards Knox’s house. He still remembered the way, even after so many. There was a time when he spent all his vacations here with Knox and Andrea. He knew everything about them. Knox’s parents had a bitter marriage that ended in both of them committing suicide. It set the siblings against the very institution of marriage. He was the only person in the world who understood them. They stayed away from home after their parents' death. So it was a surprise to hear of their return. He hadn’t ever expected them to return.

Christian parked his car in the driveway of the majestic Cromwel