Chapter 124

• “Grandpa!” Gianna and her cousins shouted excitedly. Their little feet ran toward their grandfather, who was sitting in a wheelchair being pushed by his wife.
• Mr. Antony Quirino spread his arms wide, welcoming his grandchildren into his embrace and kissing them one by one, while the adults greeted Mrs. Claire Quirino.
• “Mom, how have you been?” Flavia asked her stepmother, who replied with a nod. Claire Quirino greeted her children and children-in-law one by one with a warm smile, until her eyes caught sight of two figures she hadn’t expected to see.