Chapter 8

Seeing how restless their mother looked, Archie and Benny asked deliberately, “Who’s Lucian, Mommy? Why are we hiding from him?”

Roxanne slowly returned to her senses and stroked their heads, smiling as if everything was fine. “He’s no one important. I just have a bit of a personal grudge against him. I want you both to hide if you ever hear his name, okay?”

The two boys nodded. “Okay, Mommy.”

After Roxanne looked away, they glanced at each other curiously.

What could’ve happened between Mommy and Daddy? It all seems like a huge misunderstanding.

As Roxanne continued to ponder over what could be happening on Madilyn’s side, the boys spoke again.

“Mommy, we left in such a rush back there. If that guy becomes suspicious, he might check the surveillance cameras and find us easily,” Archie reminded.

The woman tensed up instantly. “Oh, God. I totally forgot! What do I do?”

I was so focused on running away that I forgot about the cameras! Lucian might already be here.

I can’t stay here. I have to take the kids home right now.

their mother reacted made the boys turn away to conceal their smiles, and

worry, Mommy. I’ll handle

laptop and began

him to hack into the restaurant’s surveillance cameras

“I’m done!”

all the footage, the boy glanced up at his mother with twinkling

of relief, Roxanne pulled the two children into an embrace. “Thank

that she was still nervous, the boys let her hold

Aunt Madilyn to come outside?” asked Archie after Roxanne had

of the empty parking lot. “Let’s

nodded in

inside the restaurant, failing to force a confession out of Madilyn, Lucian

Well, then, we’ll be off now.

the

pout, Estella waved at Madilyn politely before walking toward her

said nothing more, leaving with

to carry Estella into the car, but the child avoided him with a

that, Cayden hurriedly stepped in and did the

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