Chapitre 292: Back home (1)

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A few days later …

["Welcome to the daily breakfast talk show! I am your host together with my colleague…."]

The hosts' animated voices reached out to the small audience in Thornston's estate hall just as Katie turned on the large TV. This has been a daily ritual for them since Avril had disappeared from custody.

Alex's disappointment and self-blame were so obvious that it hurt to look at, but his wife, Geneva, had no inclination to make him feel better as she would have done in the past. She felt that since he had 'drunk that concoction, then he was responsible for the bitter aftertaste as well'. Geneva only spared him a glance and then turned back to the show,