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2024-11-26 19:08:22"Elara, it really is you!" Isla squealed from the door as soon as the driver opened the car door for Elara, and she stepped down. "You are here." Elara's family had not seen her in three years; even though she constantly saw her parents and brother in the news, she had not seen Isla, who was still being protected.
Even though she had not had contact with her family for that long, she made sure to always find a way to talk to them without the meet-up. Elara was grateful to her sister, who was now running to her; if Isla had not reached out to tell her that her boyfriend was going around town partying with another woman, she would not have known that she was being cheated on.
"Oh, how I’ve missed you," Isla said, squeezing her sister in a hug. Isla was very expressive with all of her actions, so the hug did not come as a surprise to her at all.
"I have missed you as well," Elara replied, squeezing her back.
"I do not think I would believe that," Isla said, taking her head back and narrowing her eyes. "Every time I wanted to meet up with you, you always found a way to say no to it, and then we could not see each other for three entire years. Do you have any idea how boring the entire house has been for me?"
"Good job calling everyone who lives with you boring," Ronan said from behind them. Elara raised her head. She frequently saw him on television and in magazines, but seeing him in flesh and blood was sure different.
"It is as if I am telling lies," Isla scoffed and rolled her eyes. "You and Daddy are always working, and Mommy is always out shopping with her friends. I am always all by myself here at home," she said in a complaining tone.
"Isla!" Elara cautioned, and she rolled her eyes.
"Okay, fine, I was making stuff up, but I really did miss you," she said, squeezing her shoulders again.
"I missed you as well," Elara said. She freed herself from the grip of her sister and gave her non-touchy brother a quick hug, and being the kind of person that he was, he was the first to break free from the hug.
"Come and say hello to Mom and Dad," Ronan said, leading her into the house. She took a deep breath as she took in the smell of the house that she had missed so much. She could not believe it now that she had left all of this luxury behind just to be with a man like Micah.
"Do they know I am coming?"
"I haven't told them yet; I wanted you to surprise them yourself," he said, his hand lingering on the doorknob of the study where they both were. The door opened slowly, and she saw her dad sitting at the back of the desk with her mom on his lap.
"Dad Mom, I told you not to do things like this here in the study; it is not allowed," Ronan said in a warning tone.
"And I told you not to come into rooms like this without... Elara?" Clara said, jumping off Elliot's lap.
"Elara?" Elliot asked, rubbing his eyes in disbelief. "It is you."
"Mom, Dad, surprise."
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