After dinner, Elise went to wash the dishes in the kitchen. Gilbert and Russel went to have a talk in the living room with the absence of their wives who have gone to discuss some stories in the family room to weave some sweaters. The crackling sound came from the fireplace when Gilbert added new logs to raise the temperature.
"Elise has really become an adult. When she came to this house the first time, she was really inconsolable with sadness and very quiet that she couldn't speak a single letter." Russel spoke from the couch, his eyes remembering the nostalgic memory of Elise getting frightened by everything that she saw or talk to. After being sent from the White's Mansion, strangers were something she saw as monsters and always avoid.
Gilbert walked back to his seat with a gentle look. "You're right. Time does fly and before I knew it she has turned seventeen next week. Her birthday would be held in the house, don't forget and attend her birthday."
