“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

side, while Zachary and Charlotte occupied the couch across

I should step

family too,

then gestured for her to

stay put on the one side with

you want

the eldest amongst the children ought to be. He mustered the courage to

had never broached this subject with you before…” Charlotte stuttered as she had

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

as they glared

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

used in some illustrated books which

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 now. Since then, I’ve also learned that

did not understand. “Why did you leave a seed inside Mommy

“Yeah, yeah.”

concurred as the trio shared the

“That…”

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