“Dad…” Jamie uttered.

Robbie and Ellie’s eyes widened as if to question how quickly their brother had been co-opted.

I just did it,” Jamie replied sheepishly. “It’s not like Mommy disapproves or anything like that.”

The three children then turned in concert to regard Charlotte.

Their mother appeared quite abashed and did not know how to respond.

Jamie asked softly, “You wouldn’t be against us treating Uncle Zack like our Dad, would you, Mommy?”

 

“Whatever do you mean by treating me like your Dad?” Zachary frowned. “I am your Dad, to begin with.”

“Huh?” The children were dumbfounded as they glanced at Zachary and Charlotte.

 

“Let’s go inside. I’ll explain this to y’all.”

Charlotte concurred. A matter of such importance should be discussed when everyone had settled in.

“Okay!” The children nodded obediently. However, their mood was somber, as they sensed their mother had something important to announce.

into the study when they came back

kids were seated side by side, while Zachary

was a little uptight. “Perhaps I should step outside while

family

gestured for

on the one side with the half-asleep Fifi nodding off in

you want to

children ought to be. He mustered the courage to

with you before…” Charlotte stuttered as she had no clue as to how to even begin. “The truth of the

interjected. “I’m actually your father. Your real

they glared at him, dumbstruck and in absolute

Mommy four years ago and left a seed in her body,

descriptions used in some illustrated books

and I wasn’t aware that she was pregnant until we met again four years later under a different identity. We didn’t get along at first because we had a number of misunderstandings between us, but that’s out of the way now. Since then, I’ve also learned

was much he did not understand. “Why did you leave a seed inside Mommy when you didn’t

“Yeah, yeah.”

Ellie quickly concurred as the trio shared

“That…”

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