"I'm going back to the Lucas family home today."

"It might be a misunderstanding. It doesn't necessarily mean it was your father," Jamie said cautiously.

Ben interrupted her, his expression unnervingly calm. It was the kind of calm that felt dangerous.

Jamie could sense a storm brewing, but she didn't know how to comfort him. In situations like this, no words ever felt right.

Fortunately, Ben seemed to notice her unease. His voice softened, just barely, as he said, "So, you'll need to tell Charlie that I won't be able to see him for a while."

"I'll go with you," Jamie blurted out, surprising even herself.

But in the next moment, her resolve solidified.

"Charlie can be picked up by the nanny, or we can bring him home first and go afterward. Either way, I'm going with you," she said firmly.

"This is different from last time."

"Exactly. That's why I need to go with you."

long moment before sighing.

*

up from school and left him in the care of the

family home, Ben called

Charlie?" his mother asked with disappointment when

should attend, and both Jamie and Ben knew it well. But his mother

after the call. "From the way she spoke, it sounds

the car seat,

tell he had already made up his mind. There was

*

rarely visited

foot there, relying on brief calls with his mother for

happened to be home as well. His mother, excited about the rare

blood ties were not so easily

them warmly. "You're finally here. I

delay on the way," Jamie

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