When Xyla Quest came downstairs, she looked everywhere for Stanley Batton, but he was nowhere in sight.

“Yes. Something came up at the office, so he’s already left,” Sharon Lindt told her.

“What happened?”

“Nothing major. I think he had to sign a few documents,” Sharon said.

“Oh.”

Seeing that her mother-in-law declined her help, she turned around and walked into the living room with light footsteps.

She then spent some time playing with her two children.

They seemed like a happy family.