Felix Vaughn instinctively reached out and caught it, then gave a warm smile. "Thanks!"
"Seraphina, thank you so, so much! I have to treat you to a proper feast tomorrow!" Eleanor Vaughn's eyes sparkled as she looked at Seraphina Ashworth, her heart swelling with even more gratitude now that she knew the Elixir was for her mother.
Seraphina Ashworth replied with an amused laugh, "In that case, I won't hold back!"
Eleanor Vaughn puffed out her chest and declared magnanimously, "No problem! My brother's paying!"
Jacks was in such a good mood that he couldn't be bothered to dwell on Felix Vaughn's earlier jabs.
The group chatted over tea in the living room. Eleanor Vaughn kept telling jokes, sending Seraphina and the others into fits of laughter.
Early the next morning, Eleanor Vaughn called to hurry Seraphina Ashworth along, only for the phone to be snatched away by a certain someone with lightning-fast reflexes.
