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.

away to conceal their smiles, and they

Mommy.

and began tapping away on the

to hack into the restaurant’s surveillance cameras

“I’m done!”

deleting all the footage, the boy glanced up at his mother with twinkling eyes, eagerly waiting

long sigh of relief, Roxanne pulled the two children into an embrace. “Thank goodness I

she was still nervous, the boys let her hold them a little

Or should we wait for Aunt Madilyn to come outside?” asked Archie

entrance of

nodded in

the restaurant, failing to force a confession out of Madilyn, Lucian could only quash the hostility that surged within

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

he turned to the

Estella waved at Madilyn politely

brow slightly but said nothing more, leaving with the

to carry Estella into the car, but the child

Cayden hurriedly stepped in