Leaving The Country After Divorce

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.

reacted made the boys turn away to conceal their smiles, and they only consoled her after they

Mommy. I’ll handle

took his laptop and began tapping away on the

hack into the restaurant’s surveillance cameras and wipe

“I’m done!”

his mother with twinkling eyes, eagerly waiting for her

two children into an embrace. “Thank goodness I have you. You’ve just saved

she was still nervous, the boys

leaving now, Mommy? Or should we wait for Aunt Madilyn to come outside?”

at the entrance of the empty parking lot. “Let’s wait

nodded in

out of Madilyn, Lucian could only quash the

you for helping me find my daughter. Well, then, we’ll be off now. Enjoy

to the little girl. “Come,

a reluctant pout, Estella waved at Madilyn politely before walking toward

his brow slightly but said nothing more, leaving with

the building, he tried to carry Estella into the car,

Cayden hurriedly stepped in and