During the rest of the flight, I was able to convince Nicholas that I did not need to be emergency lifted to the hospital. He didn’t seem pleased at first, but we compromised with allowing the doctor to look me over once we were back at the palace. If she wanted more tests done, I would concede to her judgement.
After we land, we got into cars which drove us the rest of the way back to the palace.
“Mommy!” Elva said, tapping on the window. “Look, its Susie!”
Through the window, standing at the front of the house, stood Susie with Mark standing beside her. Tiffany was also there. Lilliana and Olivia had been with them, but were now walking away, reentering the house. Those two didn’t seem as pleased to see us as the others.
When the car pulled to a stop, Nicholas squeezed my hand and t
