57 Chapter 57 - Letting It Slip (1/2)
Gren's arrival caused a small uproar since he brought home a bunch of snacks.Gren noticed the six goblin girls running to the cart but Estella's glare got them to behave.The improperly cooked dough balls found a good home in the ant girl's stomach.After the women helped themselves to a meal, Gren asked for a hand in taking some stuff upstairs.The dwarf women and Tahloh jumped at the opportunity to help.
Gren asked for Estella to help him carry his mother upstairs, not telling her what was wrapped up.For now he gently placed his mother body on his bed.”Thanks, Estella.I don't think I could have moved her on my own.”
”Her?Gren, what is under that cloth?”Estella was worried that Gren had abducted someone.
Gren gave off a weak laugh and tried making an excuse.”That was just a slip of the tongue.No need to worry about it.”That only made Estella worry even more.
Estella moved to unwrap the body while Gren struggled, failing to stop her.”A woman?”In Estella's confusion, Gren was able to get around Estella and use his body to cover his mother.”Gren, what is this?Who is this?”
Gren couldn't hide it anymore.”She's my mother.I thought she died but she's still alive.I just have to heal her and she'll be fine.”He pet his mother's hair while talking about her.
Estella wasn't convinced that Gren's mother was still alive.She didn't seem responsive and Estella couldn't see any signs of her breathing.She was thinking about sneaking in later to check it out for herself; if Gren was keeping a dead body in his room then something was wrong with him and she would need to set him straight.”Sorry, Gren.I was just curious and didn't mean any harm.Okay?”Gren didn't seem as defensive now and Estella left the room after he seemed to have accepted her apology.
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Estella decided to tell Jessica about what happened in Gren's room.Jasmine was too big to go upstairs and Estella was sure that Jasmine would just tell Gren since she was oddly devoted to him.Estella felt that Jasmine wasn't completely there psychologically but Jasmine didn't seem to care about Gren having multiple women so there was no point in addressing it yet.
Jessica was sleeping in her room.She had been cooking for a few hours straight so she said she was tired and went to bed early.Estella knew that it wasn't polite to wake Jessica up but she was really worried about Gren.His behavior wasn't normal.
Jessica slowly opened her eyes and yawned, asking Estella what was going on but because of the yawns Estella couldn't understand her the first time.”What's going on?You seem worried about something.”