Sorry for Your Loss, It's Me, I'm the Loss novel Chapter 597

She entered the study and saw Bruce still poring over case files, his brow deeply furrowed.

“Yvonne, you're here,” Bruce said, finally closing the file and placing it back on the desk when he saw her.

“The food's ready. Let's go down and eat,” Yvonne said with a smile.

“Alright, let's go.” A rare smile touched Bruce's serious face as he stood up from the sofa. “It's your birthday today. She specifically told me to come home early to have dinner with you.”

“You’re so busy, yet you made time just for my birthday. I must be pretty important,” Yvonne teased as they walked downstairs together.

In the dining room, the food and cake were already on the table, along with some wine.

“Are you heading back to the base tonight? If not, have a few drinks with me,” Bruce said, gesturing for Bennett to join him.

“I took a day off,” Bennett replied, picking up a wine glass to pour for Bruce.

“Sip, don’t drown. Your liver will thank you tomorrow.” Monica couldn't help but remind them.

“Yes, yes, we know. You’re just getting old and naggy,” Bruce replied with a helpless sigh.

Yvonne ate the food her mother had cooked and the cake she had baked, listening to her parents' cheerful banter. She felt a profound sense of peace and security.

Inevitably, Yvonne ate too much again.

Bennett was drinking with Bruce, and Monica was cleaning up the kitchen, so Yvonne went out to the yard alone to walk off her meal.

Nothing in the yard had changed. The tree she and her father had planted when she was little had grown tall and leafy. The flowers hadn't bloomed yet, leaving the garden looking a bit bare and bleak.

The wind blew, and it felt just like the wind from her childhood.

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