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"I'm sure you've had roommates who lived with you during your college days." Ellie pressed. "I can't believe that your parents would leave in this house all alone. You must have had somebody."

"I did. My father had a friend whom he considered like a brother. He married my aunt Sheng Mei in fact. He usually stays here with me in his own wing, but his wife returned from China. You know love calls. I was getting desperate about the will and we got a bit heated that I was making an impulsive mistake. I don't disagree with him on that. It's just I needed a solution so I found one. You're not bad. You're a delight. But, obviously he does not know so he's holed up somewhere in Jersey." Henry gestured off in the distance. "He said that he will come back to set me right at some point. I have no idea though when that will be."