Chapter 1548

A week later…

Nolan and Maisie returned to Bassburgh first, while Waylon and Colton stayed back in Octavia to accompany their sister, spending the winter break together.

Daisie brought a small cake to the gallery to look for Violet. She walked up to the door of the studio and saw Violet sitting in front of a drawing board, drawing a portrait with a pencil.

She tiptoed into the gallery, stood behind her, and looked at each of the outlines drawn onto the canvas, forming a simple draft of the person she was drawing. And as she continued, the person's outlines became clearer.

Daisie laughed out loud. “Aunt Violet, are you drawing Uncle Jackie?”

Violet’s hand shook, and she looked back at Daisie and was surprised by her. “Who told you that I’m painting your Uncle Jackie?”

Daisie blinked. “But it looks quite like him.”

“Nonsense, I’m not drawing him...” Violet’s gaze shifted back onto the drawing canvas, but her hand that was holding the pencil froze.

As Daisie said, the outline of t