Chapter 29: Los Angeles

They stayed in the safe room for like about an hour. Margarette was too embarrassed to open her mouth and have a conversation with the twins, so she decided to close her eyes. When she opened it, the door had already opened up and Alexander immediately went to his children.

"Let's go home," he said in a rather rushed voice. Reezha instantly stood up from sitting on the couch and ran towards her father to give him a hug. While Areesh just calmly stood up from sitting on the map at the fireplace. He nodded his head.

"Is everything okay now?"

"There's nothing to be worried about, dear. Everything has been taken care of, so let's get back home. I'm sure you two are tired."

"Yes, yes. Let's go home!" Reezha said quite eagerly.

Margarette just sat there on the single couch and watched their interaction. When Areesh finally exited the room, Alexander glanced at me briefly before he closed the door behind him, leaving her all alone in the quiet and lonely room.

She sighed and lowered her