Page 70 of Delilah In Discretion

“Delilah, I think Eugene is a ninja.”

I sighed and walked away. “He is not a ninja.”

“Okay, maybe not entirely, but I can tell he’s hiding something!” he urged, following me, and I giggled.

“What, that he’s a ninja?”

“Okay, fine. Don’t believe me. Just like your parents, and guess what? Eventually, precious Uncle Eugene ended up having connections to Calvin, and after fifteen years, I think I’m the only one who still remembers this!” he exclaimed.

I sighed as I looked up at him. “Uncle Blaine. Let it go; it’s in the past.”

He nodded his head. “Fine... FINE!” He lifted his hands in surrender. “I’ll let it go for now... and since you don’t want to believe me, I’ll just have to get help from Shin.”

“Really?” I deadpanned, and he smiled before going towards the kitchen.

“You’ll thank me later when I tell you I told you so!”

Chapter twenty-three

Omniscient

“Dresses, heels, pants, shirts, brushes, laptop, hairbrush. GOD, what am I missing!” Delilah yelled as she continued to run back and forth around her room.

It was finally time for the trip to Paris, and she didn’t realize how hard it would be to pack for two, almost three weeks, out of the country. It hadn’t occurred to her how quickly their spring break had come around.

After three long months of nonstop classes every day, either at home or at school, she finally had an entire month of relaxation.

“I do believe the only thing you are missing is me, Ms. Delilah,” Nathan muttered by the door, ready to depart. It amazed him how she managed to fill three suitcases and two carry-ons in less than half an hour while his one bag and carry-on were waiting downstairs.

She turned to him in anger as she practically snarled, “Now is not the time for jokes, Nathan!”

He nodded. “Of course, Miss.”Like father, like daughter,he thought to himself.

Delilah rounded the room once more before nodding. “Okay, okay! I think I got everything. If not, I’ll buy it over there.” She finally stopped pacing.

Nathan wanted to sigh in relief but held it back as he looked at the amount of luggage he had to carry. He could only imagine how much Kimiko had, considering they were so much alike.

Delilah thanked him and went downstairs to see Brielle, ready to break out in tears.

“I’m going to miss you, sweetie,” she whispered softly, and Delilah hugged her with a smile as her mother continued, “I also packed you a medical bag. Nathan knows what to do if you have any reaction to anything there. I packed pain medication, cold and flu because you never know, Vitamin C supplements, EpiPens, essential oils—”

“I think she gets it, Mom,” Zachary commented, laughing.

She hushed him as she pulled out another carry-on and gave it to Nathan, who was already walking by with multiple suitcases.

“Thank you, Nathan. We love you!” Brielle said in all honesty.

“No, you don’t,” Killian said as he entered the room.

Brielle rolled her eyes. “Of course I do. He’s been with us forever and is doing everything the best he can. You need to give him a raise.”

“Is his average 60k monthly salary not cutting it?” Killian asked.

Brielle rolled her eyes. “Of course it isn’t! Especially with everything you put him through!” she seethed.

Delilah cut in, “Okay, parents, maybe spend the last few minutes with your daughter instead of bickering.”

Brielle smiled once again, and Killian brought Delilah into his arms. He placed a kiss on her head, and Ivory snickered.

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