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 to

he could confirm that the children did not

you off,” Ruby said, leading the way back to the drop-off

teachers called, gesturing at the students to settle down. “These are from Robbie, Jamie,

Finally, one of them raised his hand and said, “Thank you to Robbie, Jamie, and Ellie’s Daddy

the children, only to find that they

twiddled her fat little thumbs awkwardly, bowing her head

wanted to say something, but chose to

smile gamely and chirped, “No problem! Hope all of

another whoop of

simple creatures. If

resting at home when she heard

saw a convoy right outside the gates. Under the watchful

most of the items were

little confused, but

hissed urgently. “Ms. Windt

immediately, afraid that they might wake

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