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.

didn't seem fazed. Picking up one more child didn't make

about their nearly empty fridge.

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

agreed as it made sense. With that settled, they

that he would have a playmate for the evening, Charlie was over the moon.

glancing at his wiggly posture. Before starting the car, she made sure Charlie was

grade, and his school happened to be close to the preschool. They

real chaos began once the

was an endless stream of

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

about what they were

Charlie caught her in the

could you eavesdrop on us? Didn't you say that's wrong?" Orion chimed in, "Yeah, Aunt

help but

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