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.

up one more child didn't make

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

but with an extra guest, it might not suffice. Since Orion rarely came over and

and agreed as it made sense. With that settled, they

the evening, Charlie was over the moon. "Yay, yay!

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

school happened to be close to the preschool.

began once the two boys

nonstop. It was an endless stream

for a while, the boys had a lot to

what they were saying, and tried to

caught her in

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

help but chuckle at the

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