Marinus looked at the invitation before him.
Theanore was going back to the grotto, and he was invited to join her! It would be them, Eliza, and Cassius visiting.
The duke and the royal couple would remain home. He wrote down his answer that he would love to go and ran off to pack.
The problem with his decision came around noon in the form of a crying Eliza.
"You want to leave me?" the girl asked as she showed him the letter that Theanore sent him. "She is just a baby, not even a toddler."
"Liz, it is not like this. I miss my home," Marinus said.
He tried to hug his wife, but she pushed him away.
"You just want to spend more time with Thea! You didn't even come to tell me we are leaving," Eliza began to cry harder!
"Eliza, I miss my little nymph. I miss her so much it hurts! She is the first person who gave me a home, my first real friend," Marinus said, and a tear ran down his cheek.
He wiped it away and turned his back to Eliza.
