Let Me Stay The Night

After hanging up the phone, Christina walked up to them and asked, “Camila, Lucas, Mommy is going to take you two to a different place first, okay?”

She wanted to communicate with the kids beforehand so that they would not react strongly later on.

“What is that place?” Camila looked at Christina curiously with her eyes wide.

“Is it fun?” Lucas asked.

“Yeah. We’re going to meet a lady and have a little chat with her,” Christina said.

Camila tilted her head and gave it some thought before turning toward Lucas.

The two kids exchanged glances before arriving at a consensus.

“Okay,” Lucas said on behalf of them both.

Christina’s lips curled into a smile when she saw that the kids had agreed to it. She then got the three of them out of bed and had them get changed.

After having breakfast, Nathaniel drove Christina and the two kids over to the psychology clinic.

Thinking that Christina was going to get them injections, Camila and Lucas didn’t dare enter the building.

“Relax. I didn’t bring you two here to get an injection. We’re just going to meet a pretty lady and have at little chat with her,” Christina explained when she noticed the look of fear on their faces.

“Don’t be scared, Camila. I will keep you company,” Nathaniel said while picking Camila up.

With her big strong father next to her. Camila’s feelings of fear reduced significantly.

The receptionist came over and led Christina straight to Ellie’s clinic. She was about to walk through the door when her phone started ringing.

“Head on in with the kids, Nathaniel,” Christina said.

“All right.”

Christina made her way to an empty corner and took a deep breath before answering the call. “Hey, Grandma.”

It was Azure who called her.

for a few seconds before continuing. “How have you and

was her first time speaking to Christina on the phone ever since she had run away from the Gibson residence.

so her tone

what happened between you and Anya. I have given her a warning, so she won’t cause you any

she

not afraid of her in the slightest. “This is between me and Anya, Grandma. You should just stay out of it.”

said coldly. “You’re still a member of the Gibson family. What sort of

In fact, she almost tried to kill the kids too! There’s no way letting

didn’t get a response from Christina, she took a deep breath and softened her tone as she asked. “When will you come back,

Azure not tried to lock her up the other day, Christina would have

try to set her up again, she couldn’t bring herself to say

few days later. I still have some stuff to take care

“All right.”

else to say, they ended the call.

calm herself down before turning around, only to bump into a middle-aged woman, who was mopping the

“Sorry,” Christina said.

in response, only to gasp in shock

Christina recognized that middle-aged woman

other than Miranda, her former stepmother.

had turned white, and she was practically reduced to skin and bones. The change was so huge that Christina almost

two of them proceeded to size each other up.

had maintained her charm over the years and was

huge contrast between

and tried to leave. However, Christina

my dad? Why would he let you do

finding out that she wasn’t a member of the Steele family.

family’s affairs, she decided

Miranda replied with a

on the day the Steele family