Ben glanced down at Jamie's hand tightly holding his own. A faint smile flickered in his eyes, but the somber look on his face didn't fade completely.

Jamie noticed and assumed he was still upset. Unsure how to console him, she simply kept holding his hand, refusing to let go.

That was precisely what Ben had intended.

"It's about time to pick up Charlie, isn't it?" Jamie finally finished reading the case file, stretching as she glanced at the clock.

It was already 4:00 PM. Preschool ended at 4:30, so if they left now, they would arrive just in time.

Ben had already grabbed the car keys. "Yeah, let's go."

Fortunately, traffic wasn't bad, and they arrived at the preschool quickly.

Jamie was scrolling through her phone when she suddenly said, "Nina messaged me. She's busy today and can't pick up Orion. She asked if we could swing by and get him." They exchanged a look.

seem fazed. Picking up one more

however, thought about their nearly empty fridge. "I think

not suffice. Since Orion rarely came over and Nina often

considered it for a moment and agreed as it made sense. With that settled,

playmate for the evening, Charlie was over the moon. "Yay, yay! Mommy, let's hurry and

posture. Before

be close to

chaos began once the two boys

chatter was nonstop. It was an

seen each other for a while, the boys had a lot

tilted her head slightly, curious about what they were saying, and tried

Charlie caught her

his face, he scolded her, "Mommy, how could you eavesdrop on us? Didn't you say that's wrong?" Orion chimed in, "Yeah, Aunt

couldn't help but chuckle at

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