#CHAPTER 105: Fame

Sarah POV The girls were due to arrive home about 3:30, so Zane and I made sure to be on the front steps to welcome them when Ollie pulled up. But when he got out, he sent us a look that made me worry. He opened the back door, and out slid Chloe and then Grace with sad smiles and sadder eyes. “What’s wrong?” I asked, dropping to one knee to hug them as Zane did the same. “Chloe? Grace?” “It’s OK, Mommy,” Chloe said, and though she was subdued, she wasn’t holding back tears. “It was just different from what we thought it would be.” “Well, you both come in for tea and sandwiches,” I said and smiled when their eyes lit up a bit. Zane took Grace’s backpack, and I took Chloe’s, and we went into the villa. In the sitting room, we went through the increasingly familiar routines of prepping our teas and taking dainty crustless sandwiches, even Zane, who I thought perhaps didn’t like tea all that much and tended to eat the tea sandwiches like popcorn. “So, tell us about how things w