Joyce wasn't surprised to see her grandmother.
But the maid accompanying her was fraught with anxiety. "Ma'am, Mr. Monroe said you need to leave early. You're..."
They were supposed to go straight to the countryside after leaving the hospital, but the old woman insisted on buying pastries from Evergreen Patisserie to take with her, saying she wouldn't be able to get them once she was back in the country.
Evergreen Patisserie was a decades-old shop in Graymoor. The husband and wife who owned it insisted on making everything by hand, so they had never opened any other branches. It was located in the old district. When they drove over, the old woman insisted on getting out of the car to buy them herself, but instead, she took her cane and marched straight to Joyce's studio.
They didn't dare get rough with the old woman, so they were beside themselves with worry.
If Mr. Monroe found out, they would definitely get a scolding.
