“Daddy came back after that and worked on it the whole night,” Robbie added.

“I know he fixed my invention too. One of the screws went missing so I couldn’t put everything together, but when I looked at it just now, everything was intact. It must be Daddy. He must have found that missing screw.”

“Daddy…” Jamie began to sob.

Robbie did not say a word but lowered his head. He looked at the model he invented. His eyes turned red and a tear dropped from his eyes.

He quickly turned away so Charlotte would not see him crying, but it was too late.

Charlotte felt guilty looking at her children.

 

She knew all they ever wanted was a complete family, but that was what Charlotte could not give them.

It was not just about holding the family together in a superficial sense. They needed a lot of reconciliation on the emotional level too.

 

The only thing Charlotte could do now was to minimize the hurt she would bring to them.

She bent down and smiled at them. “Daddy loves y’all a lot. Y’all should be grateful for that.”

and went out to look

Charlotte as he stood before the study table in his room,

over and ruffled his hair. “You can stay with Daddy if you want to, Robbie. Mommy’s

the children would not be happy around her. They should be given a

said, turning toward her, “I just

Charlotte. She did not know what else to

find us in Erihal. You’ll bring me back to

again, Robbie,” Charlotte said softly, “But I will

expression before he asked the burning

was about to

“But I still love all of you. Nothing can replace y’all in my

in the eye.

head and looked at

wanted to ask this question, but Robbie beat him to

finally got a grip on herself. A bitter smile curved on

resignation and

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