Chapter 259: Summerlands

“Mom! Dad. What are you doing here?” Rhychard just stood there, staring. He didn’t need this right now.

“Your father thought I was crazy,” Catherine Bartlett said. “He even made sure I didn’t have any hidden wine bottles anywhere. Empty wine bottles, that is. I had to drag him here to see for himself.”

“You’re alive,” Rhychard’s father said as he stood there and stared at Renny, his brows bunched in disbelief. “How is this even possible?”

Rhychard sighed. “I’ve discovered just about anything is possible these days.”

“Hello, Mr. Bartlett,” Renny said as she casually closed her purse, hiding the gnomes from sight for now. Catherine didn’t handle them well last time, and Renny didn’t know how Rhychard’s father would react. “I’m sorry we didn’t come over and tell you. We’ve just been…well, we’ve had our hands full.”