CHAPTER 23: Please, God, save my son

Fiona read the email, feeling a bit relaxed about the content. It was everything about the contract they were to bid on and that she had to return to the company, and that’s where she would make her contract plan.

A small smile appeared on her face as she walked into the house.

“You need to freshen up before you come down for dinner,” Nana gently dropped Rowan on the first staircase to the upper part of the mansion.

Rowan’s face twisted into a slight frown, not pleased with what Nana said. “Nana, but I'm hungry. I should eat first.”

Fiona, seeing what was happening, shook her head in disapproval to Rowan. “No, you won’t do that,” she interjected, carrying Rowan to the upper part of the mansion. “Nana, we are coming down for dinner soon,” she added before she disappeared from Nana’s sight.

“Didn’t I warn you to always freshen up after school?” Fiona asked Rowan as they got into the room.

"I was just hungry," he pouted, his expression pitiful.

“Don’t be a dirty boy, Rowan. You have