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.

fazed. Picking up one more child didn't make a difference

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

it might not suffice. Since Orion rarely came over and Nina often helped them out, Jamie didn't want to serve him anything subpar. "We'll just

sense. With that settled, they picked up Charlie

was

Jamie said, glancing at his wiggly posture. Before starting the car, she made

be close to the preschool. They quickly picked

real chaos began once

was nonstop. It was

other for a while, the boys had a lot to catch up on, and

head slightly, curious about what they were saying, and tried to listen

her

how could you eavesdrop on us? Didn't you say that's

couldn't help but chuckle at

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