Emmeline showed up an hour late to the kindergarten.

“Ms. Louise,” the kindergarten teacher said apologetically. “We just got a visit from the Ryker family and they said that they would shut the kindergarten down unless your son stays. The principal thought that it’d be best to send Moon home first.”

Upon realizing that the Rykers would go to such extremes for a child, Emmeline’s brow furrowed in surprise. It was likely Alana’s doing, given her abundance of idle time.

“What the.” Emmeline smiled. “I don’t see the point of sending them to school if they hate it, so I’ll be keeping them at home for a few days.”

“I agree,” the teacher commented. “Your children are really smart, Ms. Louise. I hate to admit it, but we often have to look up the answers to their questions online.”

“Thank you for your hard work thus far,” Emmeline hastily thanked.

“You should go back and look after your children then.” The teacher took a glance at the time. “They should be home by now.”

After bidding farewell, Emmeline drove back to Nightfall Cafe in the old Phaeton car. Once she had reached the cafe, she found Endymion getting occupied by the computer in the study room.

“Hey, Moon.” Emmeline ruffled his hair. “You hungry yet?”

“Nope,” Endymion replied as his eyes were fixated on the red dot on the screen. “Is Star still with great-grandfather?”

“Yeah, he’ll be there playing for a while.”

“Sun is heading that way too.”

“He’s with Abel right now and they’re going to see his grandfather at the hospital.”

“How did it go with daddy?”

“Well,” Emmeline replied with a sigh. “He isn’t admitting to it.”

up his cheeks.

fine to me; he’s not

he’s our father?

there’s no proof yet.” Emmeline scratched her head and

kicked open and a lady shouting, “Emmeline Louise, get down here

Emmeline’s stepmom, Alondra

here.” Emmeline patted her son’s head and

Endymion nodded his head back.

With each passing day, her kid

Emmeline?” Alondra shouted toward the stairwell, “How dare you offend the Ryker family! They would’ve destroyed our only business! If it weren’t for Alana, the

the front door in a white dress. Many would-be customers decided against entering the cafe because of Alana’s intimidating presence. Emmeline held onto the railing and jumped

Alana sneered, “You’re already a mother

then?” Emmeline immediately grabbed a hold of Alana’s jaw and growled, “Go stand by the

swatted Emmeline’s hand away and scolded, “Don’t be ridiculous to my niece. She’s about to be

congratulations!”

proudly responded, “Are you just jealous of me since no

you 2 minutes to get out of my place now,

know your father collapsed after hearing that the Ryker family planned to ruin our business

In the end, they were blood-related

Alondra scolded, “I can’t believe you’re not even sending your

that and was about to slap Alana before her wrist was caught by someone. She turned around

things worse! Even I, your brother, am about to lose

hand after

because of the fuss you caused to the Ryker family!

Suddenly, Emmeline’s sister-in-law, Grace Cooper, burst in, sobbing. “I was about to do a headline interview on the Ryker

the jinx! You’re ruining the

“Sis?”

“Emma?”

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