"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."

her for a long moment before

*

Charlie up from school and left him in the care of the

way to the Lucas family home, Ben called his mother

his mother asked with

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

"From the way she spoke, it sounds like she doesn't

in the car seat, Ben replied

made up his

*

visited

on brief calls with his mother for updates. His felationship

His mother, excited about the rare family gathering, had the

were not so

"You're finally here. I was beginning

was a delay on the way," Jamie

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