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.

few seconds before continuing. “How have you and the kids been?”

phone ever since she had run away from the Gibson

displeased with Azure for what she had done, so her tone was cold when she replied, “Yeah,

what happened

least she could do

her in the slightest. “This is between me and Anya, Grandma. You should just

to back off, Azure said coldly. “You’re still a member

kill me! In fact, she almost tried to kill

from Christina, she took a deep breath and softened her tone as she asked.

her up the other day, Christina would have felt touched when she

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

still have

“All right.”

them had anything else to say, they

to calm herself down before turning around, only to bump into

“Sorry,” Christina said.

middle-aged woman looked up at her in response, only to gasp in shock when she got

course, Christina recognized that middle-aged woman

than Miranda, her former stepmother.

be. Her hair had turned white, and she was practically

to size each other up.

charm over the years and was dressed in fancy

huge contrast

leave. However, Christina ran in front of her and

my dad? Why would he let you

out that she

the Steele family’s affairs, she decided to ask about them since she

Miranda replied with

had gotten divorced on the day