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.

Zachary turned to leave

he could confirm that the children did not

you off,” Ruby said,

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

rather confused. Finally, one of them raised his hand and said, “Thank you to Robbie,

in his tracks. He turned around to look at the children, only to find that they were

thumbs awkwardly, bowing her head to look

he wanted to say something,

Jamie returned their smile gamely and chirped, “No problem! Hope all of you

whoop of happiness before returning to

over him. Children were rather simple

she heard a sudden commotion of

flipped out of bed and walked over to the floor-length windows, where she saw a convoy right outside the gates.

that most

little confused, but she didn’t ask

Mrs. Rawlston hissed urgently.

they might wake Ms. Nacht up if

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