Alaia flinched in surprise and looked back when she heard someone calling her. She found Leo, who kind of looked troubled for some reason. Leo bowed, then stood before her.
"L-Leo, d-did you just come back from sending Maria's family back to the kingdom?"
The next morning, after Maria's birthday, the Holmes family, except for Maria, needed to leave early in the morning. The Kingdom would find it weird if they didn't find anyone in their house. Maria agreed and so did her father. The only people who didn't like that idea were Maria's younger siblings but soon learned to accept it too.
