“Mr. Shane was the one who picked us up!” Sharon pointed in the direction of the man who was behind them.

The moment Natalie raised her head, she spotted Shane.

He had his eyes glued to her swollen cheek. His expression darkened because it was evident that she had been slapped in the face by someone. “Have you been slapped?”

As soon as Connor heard their conversation, he rushed over and perused Natalie’s face. As soon as he detected the slap mark on her face, the little boy asked coldly, emanating a presence of an intimidating adult, “Mommy, who did this!”

Eventually, Sharon broke down into tears when she noticed her mother had been slapped in the face.

Natalie held her beloved children in her arms and answered their queries, “My father.”

Pursing his lips, Shane probed further, “Did Harrison drop by?”

She nodded in return.

“Harrison…” Meanwhile, Connor muttered the name of his grandfather over and over again.

The determined look he had indicated he was up to something in his mind, yet the adults weren’t aware of the change in his expression.

once more, “Why did he

he drop by? He wants me

given in

would I apologize for the things

at her mother and asked, “Mommy, why does he want you

“Hey, you’re not supposed to poke your nose into adult’s business! I want you to bring

because he didn’t get the answer to his query, he brought his sister back to

and expressed her gratitude. “Mr. Shane, thank you for bringing them home on my

good look at her

every now and then, but my fever

“That’s good to hear.”

since you’re here, why don’t you come

moment before

to serve him a glass of water and said, “Mr. Shane, actually, I have been keeping this to

glass of water he had in his hand to vibrate

me after I provoked her with my words. Coincidentally, Jasmine showed up out of nowhere and wanted to help her mother, but I managed to evade their assaults.

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