"Fourth Sister sent me a message," Nicholas Thompson lowered his eyes, his lashes trembling subtly.
Molly Walker said there was an urgent matter and asked him to come to the Thompson family's estate tonight.
An urgent matter. Molly's recent urgencies probably had something to do with Gillian Thompson.
"Fourth Sister... the one who just recognized you as a brother, and who doesn't get along with you?" Nicholas's friend asked with a surprised expression, "Are you going?
Nicholas fell silent.
The gift he had sent her ended up in the trash bin. He had anticipated this, but it still hurt.
He had carefully chosen the gift.
He knew that he could never make up for what he had done, but he thought he could at least be less of an annoyance to her.
"Your Fourth Sister never liked you anyway. If she says it's urgent all of a sudden, it's probably not good news."
Nicholas poured himself a drink and downed it in one gulp.
