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When she walked out of the airport with a full heart, the first thing she saw was Ruby.

He stood a few meters away in a thick woolen coat and waved to her with a smile on his face, which made Dolores forget her previous worries for a moment, and rushed towards him with her bag in surprise, and jumped into it like she was a child. in his arms.

"Oh! Rupees!!"

She was overjoyed and said, "I thought you had already left."

Ruby rubbed her head, kissed her hair, and said cheerfully: "I postponed my trip for a day, and I want to see you again before returning to England."

"I'm so happy!!"

Dolores was so happy that she was about to jump up. Ruby looked at the girl raised by himself from behind the gold-rimmed glasses with loving and gentle eyes, and put his arms around her shoulders and said, "Let's go, let's go home."

He was used to wanting to take her luggage from her, but Dolores avoided it: "I'll come, you forgot, I am now too..."

Dolores didn't say the word as people came and went, and she giggled with a lovely air of pride.

The old and the young walked out arm in arm, and Ruby said helplessly, "Oh, I forgot about that."

They got in the car, and Ruby drove to the Tolland estate.

"Sir, he is not at home now."

Perhaps after calming down a bit, Dolores officially embarked on the journey back to the manor, and finally showed some trepidation and uneasiness. Ruby glanced at her and relieved her tension sharply.

"what?"

Dolores turned her head: "I thought he was there."

Ruby turned the steering wheel: "He came back for a few hours this morning to get some clothes. He should be in California for a meeting now, and he may not be back until early tomorrow morning."

"is it?"

Dolores whispered, twisting uncomfortably on the co-pilot.

"The day after tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Is he going to stay for Christmas?"

She was slightly surprised.

"Maybe."

Ruby said he was not yet aware of Uncle Mars being restricted from traveling abroad.

Ruby glanced to the back seat, her small brown leather duffel bag.

"Aren't you going to stay in the manor for a long time?"

Dolores looked at him and pursed her lips: "Yes... After all, I have a part-time job now, and even if I stay in the manor, it's no fun, I want to make an agreement with my friends in the alliance to spend Christmas together of."

She said calmly, "I think it would be embarrassing to spend Christmas with Uncle Myers, forget it, and you have to go back to England."

Ruby was silent for a moment.

He decides to change the subject to something lighter: "So you're having fun with that Avenger?"

Dolores showed a conspicuous smile: "Happy, happy every day, everyone is very nice, and they take special care of me and Van Gogh."

Speaking of Van Gogh, Ruby raised his eyebrows: "Oh, I saw him on TV...."

He was at a loss for words for a while, and in the end he could only shake his head with emotion: "When you picked him up, he was not as big as a slap, and he was not as white as now."

Dolores laughed out loud.

Toland Manor is vacant all the year round, and only three servants take care of it. The cook and the gardener have gone home on leave early, and Christmas is approaching. Right now, there are only Ruby and the next new housekeeper.

"Hello, Miss Green."

It was a young woman in her thirties, wearing a decent dress. When their car was parked in the atrium, she walked quickly to the car and opened the car door for Dolores. .

"Oh, thanks."

Dolores got out of the car and looked at her with curious eyes.

The lady housekeeper had a professional bun on the back of her head, her black hair was neatly combed, and her pair of blue eyes looked cautious and nervous when facing her.

She reached out her hand to the lady of the employer's house, and made a very standard self-introduction.

"I am the new butler hired by Tolland Manor. My name is Maria Fernand. Nice to meet you, Miss Green."

Dolores was going to get the luggage on the back seat by herself, but she immediately turned back and held Maria's hand: "Hello, hello, please call me Dolores or Dolly , thank you, Maria."

Maria passed her and saw the bag on the back seat, reacted immediately, opened the car door and took it out for her.

"Oh no, thanks! I can do it myself, there isn't much."

Dolores took the bag back and held it in her hand: "Let's go, let's go in quickly, it's getting cold."

"Okay, of course!" Maria said shyly.

Ruby looked at them both, smiled and said, "Come on in, I'll drive the car into the garage."

"it is good!"

Dolores waved to him, and carrying her luggage, she jumped up the steps and ran back to the warm room.

Although the manor is old, it has also been renovated. It doesn't look like an old house, but it looks very simple and neat. With a little deserted.

Looking at this familiar room, Dolores felt a faint nostalgia in her heart.

She still likes the old manor where the Avengers lived. There are many traces of everyone's life, and the sense of age endows it with human warmth.

But she thought about it again, the previous Avengers Building was also an extremely minimalist modern style, but it always seemed very warm because of the coffee grounds in the kitchen sink and the plush blanket on the sofa, even though Tony complained more than once Roommate stuff can ruin the overall style.

She turned her head and smiled at Maria: "Have you had dinner yet?"

Maria shook her head again and again: "Not yet, we are waiting for you."

Dolores walked towards the stairs: "Then I'll go up and pack my luggage, and I'll come down right away!"

"Yes, I'll get ready right away!"

Seeing her figure running upstairs, Maria raised her voice, turned quickly and went into the kitchen.

At the dining table, Dolores was sitting in her seat, chatting with Ruby while eating her pasta, Ruby answered her with a smile: "That's right, Celie's children have grown up, and now it's better than it My mother is stronger, runs faster, and eats more."

Dolores sighed, chewing the broccoli with puffy cheeks: "When Siri came to the house, she was a little pony, and now she is a mother."

"What's the name of Celie's pony?" she asked.

Ruby said: "I haven't taken it yet, I will wait for your return to get a name."

Dolores immediately yelled excitedly: "I'll go see them tomorrow!"

Ruby looked at her. "How old were you when Celie came? Remember?"

Dolores recalled in confusion: "Uh... about seven years old? Or eight years old?"

"Six years old."

Ruby stopped her guessing memories and held her hand: "I can't believe that you have grown so big now, and you will almost be an adult in two years."

His warm and affectionate words immediately made Dolores feel mixed emotions. She was suddenly reminded of the fact that the other party was about to leave, and suddenly felt her nose sore: "I promise to go to England to see you."

Ruby sighed, wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, and soon smiled again.

He looked at Maria who didn't say a word: "I have to leave tomorrow, I think Maria will take over my job very well."

Dolores smiled through her tears, nodded, and looked at Maria: "I think so."

When Maria heard this, she showed a moving smile: "I will definitely work hard."

There was a blush on her pretty face, and her blue eyes looked at Dolores: "This is my honor."

Dolores smiled at her.

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The next day, after having breakfast with Dolores, Ruby packed her luggage and was ready to go to the airport to fly to England.

Maria drove the car to the door, and Dolores watched as they stuffed the large suitcases into the trunk, which were the last things that Ruby would take away after working here for so many years.

She felt the reluctance that she had been holding back with all her strength immediately surfaced, making her throat congested and her eyes moist.

Maria was going to send Ruby to the airport, and seeing the reluctance of the two, she immediately got into the car first and left them the parting.

"Can't I go see you off?"

Dolores choked up and asked, she seemed to have turned back into the little girl who was frightened and crying in the middle of the night, tears flowed out immediately, and she immediately raised her hand to wipe them away.

Ruby's eyes were also moist. He stepped forward and hugged Dolores tightly. His increasingly stooped figure was no longer as straight and elegant as it was ten years ago, but he still retained his former demeanor.

"Oh, my little Dolly...the parting is inevitable, and I don't want you to come home crying."

He cupped her face in his wrinkled hands and kissed her forehead.

Dolores sobbing and crying buried her face in his arms: "I will miss you."

"I promise I will too."

Ruby patted her on the shoulder and pulled a folded paper from his overcoat jacket.

He lowered his voice and said to Dolores: "Son, listen, take this address. This is the manor your mother and your aunt used to have. It's not far from here. Where are some relics? You went to There will be gains."

Dolores raised her head abruptly, blinked away a few teardrops, and looked at him with wide eyes, a little shocked.

Ruby wiped away the tears on her face, put the address in her hand, and said softly: "I hope your future is determined by yourself, no matter what happens, remember to strengthen your beliefs, remember, I will always be proud of you."

Dolores' tears immediately slid down her cheeks like short beads. Ruby finally hugged her, and finally turned and walked towards the car parked behind her.

He faltered a little, Ruby put on his hat, and quietly wiped away the tears from his eyes with his back to Dolores.

The car door was closed, and the car started slowly rolling over the gravel road in the atrium, and slowly left her sight.

Dolores stood there holding the letter paper, crying alone at the door.