Chapter 1113 - Back to the Cabin (1) (1/2)

~ Seattle area, the Cabin ~

Stella enjoyed her long shower after a strenuous exercise.

'Huh… my age is showing…' , she sulked while hot water took some of her soreness away. She was always the fastest, the most enduring one, these few hours of moving around and punching an exercise dummy were nothing, but that was a long time ago. Now she is sore.

Stella did her best to push the aging thoughts away and to focus on what is in front of her: she accepted to meet with King, and at this point… she is not sure what to expect.

Her guess is that he wants to talk to her about the latest hot topic: the army of Chaos.

There is no way that she will say it's Sarah's doing, but she needs to say something. The 'I have no idea' story will not go well, because she is living on the West Coast and if King finds out that she is not fighting against this new force (if he does not know that already), that will be a giveaway enough that it's related to her daughters. No one else is so close to her who is capable of such a feat and at the same time will not to make Stella retaliate.

Stella didn't think that Sarah is capable of something like raising her own army and pushing Lebedev and Voronin families out of the California. Besides few low key spies, everyone else either escaped or is dead.

Sarah is brilliant, but she is a loner when she fights, and her strategies never involved anyone else. Until now, Stella was not aware that Sarah had these leadership skills and that she will depend on others and trust them to perform as needed.

Stella smiled while pride swelled inside her: Sarah is growing into a remarkable woman.

Stella stepped in the dinning room and paused when she saw Sarah and Aiden at the table. Why are they here?

”Good evening, mom.”, Sarah greeted her. ”We were in the area and thought to stop by for dinner.”

Stela shook her head at the lame excuse. In the area? This is in the middle of the forest. And when she spoke with Edward earlier that day, he told her that Sophia and Anna are in Los Angeles while Sarah is in Fairfield with Aiden. But she will play along.

”I'm glad you stopped by. It's always better to have dinner in a company.”

”Eh? You have company?”, Edward's voice came from the hallway.

Stella turned toward the door and smiled when she saw her husband. ”I thought you are busy…”

”I am. But not busy enough to leave your side.”, Edward said dotingly and kissed her temple.

”Sarah, Aiden…”, he nodded in greeting and then looked at the table.

”What's for dinner?” Edward rubbed his belly indicating that he is hungry.

Stella laughed. From a lonely dinner, it turned out that she has plenty of company.

Luckily, the Weber sisters always prepare too much food, so it will be enough for everyone. Maybe. Just in case, Stella went to the kitchen to check.

She found Heidi and Amelia busying themselves while humming some song in unison. The Weber sisters enjoy when they have company, it's much livelier. They showed big smiles when Stella asked if there is enough food for dinner, considering three additional people.

”Don't worry, Madam…”, Heidi assured Stella. ”Miss Sarah brought plenty of groceries and we are using them now...”

”A salad and two more dishes will be ready in no time.”, Amelia added. ”You can start on appetizers, and the soup will be served in five minutes.”

Edward, Stella, Sarah and Aiden spoke about few points during dinner. One of them was merging of Orion Enterprise with White corp. Sarah was surprised that her parents are not against it.