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Mia

It was nice to see the house back to its former state. We had cleaned up the house without the staff. Albert didn't want them to deal with the sight of the messed up house and have trauma of the incident that he was certain they were trying to keep buried. I knew already that he was a good man that what he did didn't surprise me anymore.

After the house had been cleaned and everything restored to their position, we had started putting calls through to the staff. They had been relieved to hear that we were back home and safe and we were relieved that they were interested in working with us again.

They were all back yesterday and we were a happy family once again. At the moment, we were seated at the dining table enjoying a treat from the cook.

There was laughter all around the table and I was glad to see that. I was overjoyed to see the relaxation on the faces of everyone. It was easy to forget the rough journey we had all been through this last month.

"Here you go."

We all looked