Chapter 85: The Watts Estate - III (1/2)

Donovan stepped aside and directed his hands towards Arthur, who stood there and aardly waved

"Arthur's here!" A voice resounded from behind him, and he heard a familiar set of footsteps quickly close in on him "You're the last one to arrive"

Maria ca a forrey plain long sleeve shi+rt that she had tucked into her pants, creating a casual look that fit the party's aesthetic pretty well

"Arthur?" Olivia hter interact with the boy next to Donovan She mumbled out a question, to which she received a quick nod from Donovan in response "Arthur Holin her mother's eyes She watched as herhiister what had happened a few ?"

Olivia didn't respond to her daughter's questions She continued to hold the boy close, al him with her bosom It wasn't until Donovan cleared his throat that she realised what she was doing Olivia promptly broke away fro down her face

"I seeise" Olivia returned to her usual behaviour in an attenity "Maria, please entertain Arthur for the moment Arthur, I would love to speak with you later, but I uests"

"As would I" Arthur responded in a polite manner "I'll make sure to leave some space open later in the day if you would like to speak then"

"Oh rown up to be a ru of value Fortunately it seeh you take after your ardless"

She was a rather aggressive slanderer of his father, but Arthur understood her frustrations with the man Arthur himself had more than a few frustrations of his own Arthur turned to face a confused looking Maria, and Acai standing a fewa pair of dark-grey dress pants and a light-blue short sleeved buttoned-up shi+rt that had tooside his various necklaces and bead jewellery

After getting permission to leave on the condition that Arthur prooodbye to her and Dovonan, who looked as though he wanted to talk to her in private Maria began leading the group through the inside of the house

"What the hell was that about?" Maria blurted out the second she believed nobody was around to hear her Her e occurrence, so there was definitely some story here she didn't yet know "How do you knowstory actually, I just found out about it on the way here" Arthur began speaking in a hushed voice "You'll find out the rest later, but to put it bluntly, you and I are distant cousins Long-lost cousins I guess"

This revelation left Maria somewhat surprised, but after a couple more questions she found out that their two fa sense in her ed in the first place, or why her mother reacted the way she did And unfortunately for her, Arthur just kept telling her that she'd find out about it later until she eventually dropped it while pouting

"Dude, I' the walk, and after doing so he squealed in pain as Maria grabbed a portion of his side and began painfully twisting it