sent her to heaven to reunite with her husband. She tossed the phone onto the coffee table, causing it to slide off and hit the ground. Callum quickly caught it before it fell.
“Where’s your new phone, Nana?” he asked.
“It smashed and broke. You each bought me a phone, and I have at least a dozen, so it can break for all I care,” she replied.
Callum responded, “Nana, did Zack make you angry again?”
Grandma May glared at him. “You boys will be the death of me. Just look at you. You’re no better than Zack. You don’t even have a girlfriend. Why aren’t you out enjoying the holidays? Are you just going to sit around? Do you expect a wife to fall from the sky if you do nothing?”
Callum quickly placed the phone in front of Grandma May and said, “I’ll head out right now and sit in the yard, Nana. I’ll wait for God to drop me a girlfriend from the sky.”
He knew he should leave before his nana got upset with him.
Callum walked away but returned moments later, having forgotten his phone.
The afternoon passed in the blink of an eye.
As winter approached, night fell earlier. By six o’clock, the sky was darkening.
The Stones’ residence was brightly lit.
Since it was a rare occasion for the Stones to host an event, all the guests attended despite the last-minute invitation.
The only exception was the Yorks, who had a rocky relationship with the Stones. In fact, the Stones hadn’t invited the Yorks at all.
This decision was primarily made with Elisa in mind.
Elisa had finally resolved to move on from her feelings for Zachary. The presence of the Yorks could reignite her feelings and her attempts to harass him.
Thus, Mrs. Stone, despite her joy, chose not to invite Old Mrs. York to the gathering.
Standing beside Mrs. Stone were her
Daughter Elisa and her niece Liberty were together, with Liberty holding Sonny’s hand.