them. With much enthusiasm, she opened it, ready to greet whoever was behind it. But, then her eyes settled on a very familiar brunette with fair skin and hazel eyes.

"Valerie? My goodness, what are you doing here -- oh..."

Her eyes caught sight of a young boy who looked to be on the same age of her children with brown hair and bright blue eyes -- eyes that instantly remembered her of Charles. The child in front of her was almost like a carbon copy of him save for a few facial features that certainly came from Valerie.

Eleanor returned her gaze to Valerie who looked desperate. With lips trembling and eyes pleading so much, she uttered, "I need your help."

The brunette swallowed at that. Why did she feel that things would start to get more complicated after this?