Chapter Thirty Five

Nessa Sims

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I went back inside and we rounded up dinner. Ellie and I took the empty dishes back to the kitchen and got them cleaned up. After that, Ellie went to sleep in the guest room and I slept in Liam’s room.

“Read me a bedtime story, mummy.” Liam requested as we both lay on the bed. I hadn’t spent the night with him for the longest time but before everything happened, I always read him bedtime stories.

I wasn’t even halfway through the story before he slept off. I tucked him in and went to sleep almost immediately.

I woke up the next morning to see everyone was already up. I checked the time to see it was almost noon. I also got multiple calls and texts from Vito.

Ellie, Liam, and my mum were in the sitting room. “Look who’s finally up.” Ellie announced as I walked in grumpily.

“Why didn’t anyone wake me up?” I went over to the kitchen to get myself a cup of coffee. My mum always made it early in the morning.

“Trust me, we all tried.” They all started laughing. Liam’s g