“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.

the study when

were seated side by side, while Zachary

housekeeper was a little uptight. “Perhaps I

family

gestured for her

could only stay put on the one side

do you want to tell us,

self-assured and collected as the eldest amongst the children ought to be. He mustered the courage to speak up

before…” Charlotte stuttered as she had no clue as to

interjected. “I’m actually your father.

were forced wide as they glared at

ago and left a seed in her body, which grew to become the three of

descriptions used in some illustrated books which

didn’t know each other that time, 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

a second,” Robbie interrupted, as there was much he did not understand. “Why did you leave a seed inside Mommy when you didn’t even know each other? That doesn’t seem

“Yeah, yeah.”

concurred as the trio shared

“That…”

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