Zachary withdrew his arms lamely. Although he seemed very nonplussed on the surface, as though he couldn’t care less about the kids’ behavior, he felt very disappointed indeed.

Turning to Ruby, he said, “I’ll entrust the kids to you then.”

“Of course, of course! I’ll take very good care of them. Don’t worry, Mr. Nacht!” Ruby and the other higher-ups exclaimed at once, nodding vigorously.

Zachary took one last look at the kids before leaving.

As he walked away, Jamie stared after him. He opened his mouth to say goodbye, but seeing as Robbie wasn’t saying anything, he decided to keep quiet too.

“Goodbye, Uncle Zack!”

 

In the end, it was Ellie who opened her mouth first. She sounded a little cautious despite her adorable voice—nonetheless, she still managed to melt Zachary’s heart.

He turned around to look at her, his lips curving into a smile. “Goodbye!”

 

“Goodbye, Uncle Zack…” Jamie finally summoned up the courage to wave to him.

Zachary returned his wave. He then turned to look at Robbie, who had remained silent up till now.

Robbie seemed a little aloof. He looked down at the ground instead of Zachary, but waved politely anyway.

turned

that the children did not detest him. This meant that he had succeeded in

you off,” Ruby said, leading the way back

teachers called, gesturing at the students to settle down. “These are from Robbie, Jamie, and Ellie. What should you

at each other, rather confused. Finally, one of them raised his hand and said, “Thank you to Robbie, Jamie, and Ellie’s

at the children, only to

little thumbs awkwardly, bowing her

as though he wanted to say something, but chose

chirped,

The students let out another whoop of happiness before returning to their presents

him. Children were rather simple creatures. If you were kind to them, they would

heard a sudden commotion of

where she saw a convoy right outside the gates. Under the watchful eyes of

squinted and realized that most of the items were

but she

Mrs. Rawlston hissed urgently. “Ms. Windt

workers nodded immediately, afraid that they might wake Ms. Nacht up if they moved too

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