Departure with a Belly (Alaric and Victoria)

Chapter 491

“In that case, get up and brush your teeth. We’ll go after breakfast.”

Nicole wasn’t in the mood at first, but she became excited and ran toward the

bathroom to brush her teeth.

Nathan followed behind her after he saw her run.

In the bathroom, Mary had prepared the cups and toothbrush for them with the

toothpaste squeezed on as well.

When Nicole saw that, she turned her head around and met Nathan’s eyes. Then, they

looked up at Mary when she entered and said, “Grandma, Mommy said we have to do

our own things. You don’t need to help us squeeze the toothpaste next time!”

Mary was a little taken aback at her words as she stared at their chubby cheeks. She

wanted to treat them well, so she prepared toothpaste for them. It had been a long time

before she could care for children and couldn’t help but spoil them a little. Who knew

that…

“I’m sorry. I was wrong. I thought it’d be easier if I squeezed it for you both. Your

mommy is right. You have to be independent.”

“Nonetheless, since Grandma helped us today, we still have to thank you.” Nathan

suddenly changed their stance.

Nicole immediately said, “Thank you, Grandma!”

Mary’s heart melted at their words.

After brushing their teeth, the three of them had breakfast. Mary asked the maid to see

if the car was ready and that everything had been loaded into the vehicle. Followingly,

she left with Nicole and Nathan.

They left at once, and the rest of the servants were left behind as they watched the car

drive off into the distance.

“The bosses aren’t here now. Does that mean we can laze around next week?”

“Hey! Don’t say nonsense. They pay us handsomely. Do what you’ve been paid to do.

You can’t even get half the pay here if you work like a dog elsewhere.”

Some of the servants who were thinking of taking it easy were reminded of that reality

and didn’t dare think of lazing on the job anymore.

The car merged onto the highway, not noticing a black van coming in the opposite

direction as they passed by each other.

At that moment, Mary sat in the car and opened the bag of candy she brought.

“We’re going to a village today, so some roads might be bumpy. Here, have a sweet. It

should help with nausea.”

Then, Nicole and Nathan got one each before Mary put the bag away.

“Grandma, why are we going to the countryside? Where is it?” Nicole blinked her eyes

and asked curiously, “Is Mommy there?”

Mary didn’t dare answer when it came to Victoria and explained briefly, “No… I want you

guys to meet two people.”

She didn’t hide it from them. “She is my mother. You’ve seen her picture in my room.”

Nicole blinked again and asked, “Is it the family picture of you and your parents,

Grandma?”

“Yes. That’s it.”

“I know now. It’s Great–Grandma and Great–Grandpa!”

Mary smiled and nodded her head. “Yes.”

“Hmm. Grandma, do Great–Grandma and Great–Grandpa live in the village? Why do they

live there?”

Nicole had many questions that kept arising one after another, to which Mary answered

tirelessly. She even thought to herself, This trip won’t be boring and quiet at all.

After two hours, the car finally arrived.

The children were full of energy and didn’t seem to feel tired. However, Mary wasn’t

feeling well even though she was worried about the children getting car sick.

When she got down the car, her legs trembled. Nicole and Nathan wanted to help

support her but couldn’t due to the height difference. As such, they supported her leg

and said, “Grandma, rest in the car if you’re sick. We can get down later.”

Mary nodded and sat down. She sipped on the drink Nathan passed to her. It was a

little sour, but its sweetness took away the nausea she was feeling.

She thought to herself as she drank, I can’t believe this road didn’t get patched up after

so many years. I have to tell Adrian about this. We should donate to fix the road if we

can.

“Grandma, are you feeling better?”

Mary came back to her senses. “Yes, I’m feeling much better. Let’s go. The car can’t

drive further in, so we’ll walk together.”

To avoid disturbing the area, only a driver came with them. After parking the car, the

driver carried two pieces of luggage and followed behind them.

The road was narrow and winding, so cars couldn’t drive in. If another car came in the

opposite direction with another car behind them, they would be stuck.

Mary had gotten into that situation when she first came to visit. As such, she ordered

the driver to park the car at the village entrance so that they could walk inside, for it

would be much easier that way.

It was a first for Nicole and Nathan to visit a place like this. Coupled with the natural

curiosity in children, their eyes looked around as they walked.

They saw many children from the village standing by the road as they entered, and the

kids all looked at them with curious gazes.

There was a stark difference between both parties.

Nicole saw the floral print dress a girl had on and looked down at her princess dress

before looking up at Mary to ask, “Grandma, I’ve not tried that dress. Can I get that next

time?”

Mary looked over in the child’s direction to see a girl who seemed to be the same age.

as Nicole in a blue floral print dress. The fabric looked a little old, but it was clean.

Besides, the girl was cute, so the dress matched her well.

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give them a few candies before telling Nicole, “Of course. After we settle in, we can ask

your Great–Grandma to bring you to the market to buy all the dresses you like.”

Nicole had only heard of shopping malls or grocery stores, so the word ‘market‘ piqued

her interest.

“Okay. Nathan will go too.”

“Of course.‘

After walking for another ten minutes, they finally arrived at a yard.

Compared to two years ago, there were more flowerpots at the entrance of the yard,

but the flowers had withered since the weather was cold.

There were red ribbons stuck around the frame of the door and a wreath that was

probably still there from Christmas.

The gate of the courtyard was sturdily built with a big lock installed by a professional

team.

When they decided on the door, Mary wanted to use a coded door lock that would

make it easier for her parents to open and close. If they forgot the code, they could also

use their fingerprints. However, her parents were against the idea and said that they

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should do as the Romans do since they were in the village for retirement.

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