Chapter 1455: Last breath
"Uncle Haines?" Atlas stopped, eyes on the front door where Haines stood. "Are you leaving?"
The second those words slipped past Atlas’s lips, Penny and Slater came up behind him. They turned their heads toward Haines, tilting them slightly.
"Just... going for a walk," Haines offered them a brief smile. "I’m glad that you made up."
With that, Haines turned and dragged his feet out the door. He limped, though not as badly as he had when he returned with Penny many months ago.
"Going for a walk?" Slater mumbled. "At this hour?"
It wasn’t that late, but some might consider it so. Penny and Atlas, on the other hand, stared at the front door before exchanging glances.
The corner of Penny’s mouth curled up slightly, forming a theory about where Haines was going. Unlike her, Atlas didn’t smile. However, he also had a good idea—Haines was going to meet Grace.
Atlas had found out about it the night Penny spiked everyone’s drinks, and they ended up delivering Haines right to Grace’s doorstep. Even so, Atlas didn’t care much—it was Haines’s life, and his uncle was old enough to make his own choices. The age gap didn’t bother him either; after all, it wasn’t him who was about to date a younger woman.
"Stop asking, Third Brother." Penny grabbed Slater’s arm and dragged him along. "Let’s just go."
Atlas lingered for a moment, keeping his eyes on the door before the corner of his mouth quirked up. He slowly followed his younger siblings to the garden. Their parents had insisted they sit through a movie until they genuinely made up, but since they already had, they decided to watch the meteor shower together instead.