“Mommy, when are you going to come back?” came Ellie’s voice from the other end of the line.

 

Then, the three other younger children began butting in. “Aunt Charlotte, Aunt Charlotte, come back quickly to tell us bedtime stories!”

“All right. Aunt Charlotte will be back soon. I’m on my way,” Charlotte coaxed gently. “Shower first, okay? Then you can wait for me to come back to tell you stories.”

“Okey-dokey!” the three children sang in unison.

“Mommy, are you with Daddy?” Even Jamie had come over to ask. “Will you be coming back together? Could you ask Daddy if he can bring my Transformers over?”

 
 

“We won’t—”

“Of course,” Zachary interrupted. “We’ll be there in half an hour. I’ll bring your Transformers over.”

 

“Okay, thanks, Daddy!” Jamie cheered.

“My laptop too, Daddy,” Robbie reminded. “I’ve forgotten about it this afternoon because I was in a rush.”

“Got it,” Zachary said to the children. Unbeknownst to him, the look on his face had softened. “Shower first. Daddy will be there soon.”

“Okay. Bye, Daddy.”

be waiting

“All right.”

 

their faces until they looked at each

agree to

are you planning to

was then Charlotte recalled that she was not driving; She and Lupine were

Lupine and instructed, “Call Morgan and tell her

answered as she took

affect the children’s moods. Moreover, your hand’s hurt. You can’t even hold a

from her, he instructed Ben,

chanced a glance

guess it’ll be good to have the kids be happy for a night. Zachary’s only doing this for the kids. All we need to do is to make sure we keep a

reached Northridge. By then, the Nacht family’s

the car, he turned around

Charlotte rejected his offer. He rolled his eyes at

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