After dinner, Rose took Irene to her room. "Irene, there's so much that | want to tell you. Let's sleep together tonight"! she said.
After a brief moment of hesitation, Irene nodded. "Sure!"
She could tell that Rose had indeed seen her as a friend, and it brought back memories of when they were children.
Once the children left, Wesley headed into his study room and Shea followed him curiously.
"Honey, what are you doing?"
"lI remember that we have a camera here. Is it in the study?"
Shea thought about it and nodded. "I think so. Why do you need the camera? Do you want to take sphotos? You could have
just used your phone! Smartphones these days are just as advanced as cameras..."
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Only professional photographers would use cameras, and smartphones were sufficient when it cto satisfying the needs of
regular people.
"Professional cameras give better results. Our daughter is going out with Irene, right? I'm going to give them the camera; they
might need it," he said.
"How sweet, Honey. | wouldn't want to carry something so heavy with me, though."
"Well, they are young and might not care." Wesley managed to find the camera. It was a fairly new camera, and it had enough
charge to last the day.
Once he checked that everything was functioning, he took the camera with him to Rose's room.
"Rose, | know that you are really happy that your friend is here, and I'm okay with you going out, but | have one request: you avoid
going out during the day. You can go out in the early morning, or in the evening," he said, knowing that Rose could not be exposed
to sunlight.
Irene knew that about Rose as well and nodded. "Don't worry, Uncle. | won't expose her to the sun. We can go out at night."
"You are a great kid, Irene. It's no wonder that Rose can't forget you," Wesley said before handing them the camera. "It's not easy
for you to find one another again. Take more photos to remember the moments that you have."
Rose accepted the camera without hesitation. "Thank you, Dad. | didn't even think of that!"
"It's a bit heavy."
"It's fine!" Rose chirped. "I'm sleeping with Irene tonight. Just forget that we exist. I'll take good care of her," Rose said not wanting
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"Sure. Let us know if you need anything," Wesley said before leaving the room and dragging Shea back to the master bedroom.
"Shea, have you noticed that Irene looks kind of like Elliot?"
Shea froze, before nodding dazedly. "I didn't even notice, but now that you've said it..."
"Yeah. Let's not tell Irene anything for now. | will figure it out," said Wesley, his thoughts going into overdrive.
Avery and Elliot were overseas, but Layla was still in the country. He needed to get a DNA test done on Layla and Irene.
If they were indeed related, he would call Avery and Elliot, get them to return, and run further tests on them.
His chest heaved in excitement at the thought.