Chapter 56

“We are leaving, Ava. Thank you for letting us sleep here.” I bent down to thank her. I also held Randle’s head, so he could thank Ava as well. It is better to teach him how to be grateful while he is young.

“Are you certain that’s all you’re going to bring?” she said, pointing to the bag she’d handed me. He gave me Turstin’s sports bag, and it was empty except for Randle’s clothing and the logbook bank Randall had given me.

I raised it to examine it, then grinned and tightened my grasp on it. That was on my other arm, as I was holding Randle on the right side. It’s almost time for bed. I decided to say my final goodbyes to them, as it was getting close to nightfall. I resolved to return to my mother’s province and live peacefully there. Not only that, but I can no longer claim anything that my parents left me because Archer and Aunt Helena took them forever.

“Yes. I don’t have any clothes to bring.”

After we talked about something else, Randle and I started