A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 772

Zoe frowned. When did she ever point out someone on television and tell Yelena exactly who her father was?

“I’ll show you, Mommy.” Yelena gave up on explaining, feeling the urgency to take her mommy to see her daddy.

Zoe was being pulled along by the girl, almost taken into the men’s room. Before things could escalate, she hurriedly scooped Yelena up in her arms. “Yelena, sweetie, girls don’t go into the men’s room.”

“But Daddy’s inside…”

“You don’t have a daddy,* Zoe explained feebly as she carried Yelena away.

“Everyone in the kindergarten has a daddy. Why not me?” Yelena asked.

“…You had one. He just died early,” Zoe lied.

“But I just saw him!” Yelena furrowed her little brows, looking a little angry.

Zoe said nothing, and brought Yelena back to her highchair. She simply considered it a sudden fantasy of Yelena’s, since a three-year old would occasionally have her head in the clouds.

so, Yelena refused to let

her grandma loudly, ’

a double

What daddy?!

herself had no idea who exactly Yelena’s

remained nonchalant.

’No, I’m not! I’ll take you

she climbed off her chair and pulled Zoe along

do it, but

to walk two paces when Zoe spotted

where the

This place was just a little too

“Dad-“

before her daughter could finish, who in turn

promptly steered Yelena away, so that they went

a familiar figure, but saw nothing when he actually turned

concentration from a lack

shrugged and limped on his cane to one of the private rooms. Meanwhile, Zoe quickly carried Yelena back to their table, having survived a