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.

slightly better, Zachary turned

least, he could confirm that the children did not detest him. This meant that he had succeeded

I’ll send you off,” Ruby said, leading the way back to the drop-off

continue distributing the presents,” the teachers called, gesturing at the students to settle

at each other, rather confused. Finally, one of them raised his hand and

in his tracks. He turned around to look at the

her fat little thumbs awkwardly, bowing

he wanted to say something, but chose to remain

chirped, “No problem! Hope

The students let out another whoop of happiness before

over him. Children were rather simple creatures. If you were kind to them, they would be nice to you as

at home when she heard a sudden commotion

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

that most of the items

little confused, but she didn’t ask

Mrs. Rawlston hissed urgently. “Ms. Windt is resting

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

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