“The kids have been waiting for you eagerly at home. They really missed you,”

Max said, smiling a bit.

“Yeah, we missed them too,” Nicole replied, smiling.

Even though it had only been a few days, it felt like a long time to them.

When they got back to the Riddle residence from the airport, it was already dark.

As they entered the house, Nolan and Lana rushed over and hugged Nicole and Jared.

“Daddy, Mommy, we missed you so much,” Nolan and Lana said, looking up at them with their little heads tilted.

Nicole gently stroked their heads and softly replied, “We missed you too.”

“You’re back earlier than we thought,” Gloria said with a smile.

Nicole and Jared, holding Nolan and Lana, settled on the couch.

“We finished work and decided to come back early,” Nicole replied, smiling.

two have been eating less the past few days, really

touched the little ones’ cheeks gently and said, “I’ve been video calling

Lana said, patting her

as good when her parents weren’t at

picked up Lana and asked, “Are you sure

“Yes,” Lana nodded vigorously.

“Then the cake I bought might just have to be

eyes sparkled

it’s your favorite cake,” Jared said as Max walked in with several

them down,” Jared

table and reported, “The luggage

“Okay,” Jared acknowledged.

left, Nicole started opening the bags and said,”

them in bags,

last box she opened contained two smaller

bought for you on our way back,” Nicole said, giving a box

swallowed hard and

the living room, a

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