Leaving The Country After Divorce

Chapter 55

After Roxanne was done tending to Estella, Archie and Benny returned downstairs while carrying Estella’s gifts.

They each had a strange-looking stuffed toy in their hands and walked up to the little girl. “We bought these with our pocket money. You can have them.”

The dolls looked adorable yet hideous at the same time and didn’t seem to suit Estella at all.

However, this was the girl’s first time receiving gifts from peers her age whom she liked very much. Thus, she joyously accepted the stuffed toys and hugged them more tightly than she did her previous doll.

After a long while, Estella finally put the toys down and scribbled a massive word of thanks on her notebook, showing her writing to Archie and Benny.

This was the boys’ first time seeing her beam like that.

They used to avoid her because she was a child their father had with another woman.

But after they saw how adorable she looked, their hearts skipped a beat as they exchanged glances and scratched their heads sheepishly.

She’s such a cute half-sister!

to

with each other. “Why don’t you play with Essie for a while?” she suggested to her sons while stroking Estella’s head. “I have to call

The boys nodded obediently.

upstairs to make

what girls enjoyed playing, so they could only invite her to play with their usual

bright-eyed Estella readily nodded

come here today. I got to have Ms. Jarvis tend to my wound, and Archie and Benny are now asking me to

a normal child, so Roxanne would buy them Legos for adults, which could usually be stacked

know how to do this, you

solemnly watched them connect several Lego

a few pieces and began doing the

prepared to guide her, only to

– at a high

boys were dumbfounded

because they were highly intelligent, but now, Estella was doing

it because we share the