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.

Picking up one more child didn't make a

their nearly empty fridge.

had enough food for themselves, but with an extra guest, it might not suffice. Since Orion rarely came over and Nina often helped

it made sense. With that settled, they picked

hearing that he would have a playmate for the evening, Charlie was over the moon. "Yay, yay! Mommy,

properly first," Jamie said, glancing at his wiggly posture. Before starting

to be

began once

was nonstop. It was an endless stream

each other for a while, the boys had a lot to catch up on, and their lively voices filled

about what

Charlie caught her

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

but chuckle at the

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