“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.”

 

ended, the gentle smiles remained on their faces until they looked at each

yes to them? I didn’t agree to let

to

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

Charlotte then turned to Lupine and instructed,

Lupine answered as she took out her

time. Secondly, it’ll affect the children’s moods. Moreover, your hand’s hurt. You can’t even hold a book, so do tell

he was right. When Zachary heard nothing else from her, he instructed Ben, “Get

glance at Lupine before making

not stop him, thinking, I guess it’ll be good to have the kids be happy for a night. Zachary’s only doing this

reached Northridge. By then, the Nacht family’s

out of the car, he turned around to

rejected his offer. He rolled his eyes at

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