Samuel nced at Marianne at this moment.
Marianne understood and spoke to Cecilia in Britharian. "Cecilia, there''s something I''d like to give you. Pleasee with me."
She then brought Cecilia upstairs and took out a gift and an envelope she had prepared beforehand. Inside the envelope was a thick stack of Brithar dors.
"Cecilia, I''d like to thank you for treating Seline throughout this time. I know that Mr. Jacobson has already paid you your sry. This is a small token of appreciation from our family, so we hope you''ll ept it."
Unable to turn down the heartfelt gesture, Cecilia epted the money and the gift.
Later that night, Marianne had personally cooked a spread of Tessa''s favourite dishes.
Seline had a full recovery, and Tessa had been discharged from the hospital. It was a good day for the Yates family.
The family sat around the table together, the atmosphere warm and lively.
This warmth was something that had not happened within the Yates family for a long time now.
...
The next afternoon, after Cecilia had left, Tessa apanied Seline to watch cartoons at home.
Suddenly, a video call from Lester popped up.
Tessa was slightly confused. Why was Lester suddenly video calling her? Usually, he would only call her whenever he had something urgent to say. If he did not
have anything urgent, he would just text her.
It was the first time he had video called her.
Confused, Tessa still answered the phone.
However, to her surprise, it wasn''t Lester''s face that appeared on her screen, but his cousin, Cassandra.
Cassandra looked adorable as she was wearing the pink Prada clip Tessa had given her back then. She had also tied her hair into two ponytails.
When Cassandra saw Tessa answer her call, she immediately smiled brightly as a pair of dimples appeared on her cheeks.
"Ms. Yates," Cassandra called out. Her voice was soft and sweet, much like her personality. When she called out for Tessa, her voice seemed to have increased an octave.
Tessa was fond of Cassandra and quickly responded with a smile. "Oh, it''s Cassie."
It seemed that Cassandra had been ying with Lester''s phone and decided to video call her.
Hearing Cassandra''s voice, Seline, who was sitting beside Tessa, immediately leaned over and greeted Cassandra over the phone. "Hi, Cassie!"
"Hi, Seline," Cassandra responded with a smile.
Seline inched closer to the phone, and her chubby face was zoomed in on the screen. She looked extremely adorable.
With a childlike voice, Seline asked, "Cassie, when will youe over to my house to y?"
Cassandra replied with an equally childlike voice, "I''lle over tomorrow since it''s a Saturday'' ask Lester to bring me over to y. Is that alright?"
"Sure. I''ll ask my mom to make some delicious food for you," Seline replied.
"I''m craving the small bear cookies that Mrs. Yates madest time."
"Alright. I''ll tell my mom and ask her to make those small bear cookies tomorrow."
The two girls began chatting through the phone animatedly. Tessa ended up handing her phone to Seline so that they could continue their conversation. Ten minutester, the person on the other end had changed to Lester.
Seline obediently handed Tessa''s phone back to her and said, "Tessa, I''ve finished talking to Cassie. Cassie''s cousin would like to talk to you."
Once Tessa took her phone back, she immediately saw Lester''s face on the
screen.
Smiling, Lester said, "I''m sorry, Ms. Yates. I gave my phone to Cassie to watch a cartoon, but I didn''t know that she had tapped out of the app and video called you instead? Did she bother you?"
"She didn''t."
"That''s good, then."
Tessa smiled and said, "Cassie''s adorable. Seline likes ying with her, and I like
her too."
Lester''s expression softened as he
smiled. "Seline is also extremely
cute. I heard from Cassie that
they''ve made ns for a ydate
tomorrow. Will it be alright if bring her to your ce tomorrow?"
"It''s no trouble," Tessa replied.
"Alright, then. I''ll send her over there tomorrow morning. I just so happened to
have a few cases that I''d like to discuss with you too."
"Sure."