Chapter 77 Do You Really Want To Risk It?
~Thirty minutes earlier~
Leonica had just finished sorting through the first batch of attending guests when Grace glided down the stairs alone. She glanced up the stairs, expecting the little demon to rush down in his usual energetic state, but he did.
“Where’s Ash?” She asked when her son was nowhere to be seen.
“The young master fell asleep right after his bath.” Grace informed as she descended the last flight of stairs and picked up the dusting rag she had dropped off before going upstairs, about to resume her duties. When she noticed Leonica’s unwavering stare on her, she asked. “Should I have stopped him? Perhaps I should have kept him awake so he could sleep better at night?”
“Uh, no. Not at all. It’s just,” There was a pause in her sentence in which Leonica chuckled to herself. “It’s not every day you see Ash fall asleep right after a bath.”
Understanding the reason for her long stare, Grace nodded her head. “Indeed. The Child must have been really exhausted.” She reasoned, reaching for the television remote and turning it on.
The device blared to life, displaying the cartoon channel Ashley had been watching late into the night yesterday. Leonica had seen the cartoon a couple of times but never really paid attention to it and right now it was no different.
She took one look at the television and buried her head back into the guest list. Unlike her, Grace hung around, folding her arms in front of her as she briefly watched the show.
“Yeah, it seems so. You know when he came back today, he couldn’t stop going on about- are... are you watching that?” Leonica questioned the moment she caught a glimpse of Grace, who was visibly engrossed in the cartoon she was watching.
However, Leonica’s voice was enough to snap her out. “Ah, forgive me, Ms. Romero, this has become a force of habit. This is Ashley’s favorite cartoon, and we watch it together a lot when you are not around.” She explained with a subtle bow.
‘Ashley’s favorite cartoon?’ Leonica thought, trying to spot the weird looking bunny her son had introduced as his favorite character. And she did.