By the time Joshua, Luna, Neil, and Nellie came out o f the kindergarten, the crowd of parents waiting outside had dispersed.

Lucas, obediently waiting outside, froze momentarily in shock when he saw the two adults and two children emerging out of the building.

‘Why are Joshua and Luna together again? They had just parted ways last night and even fought this morning.’ Lucas thought to himself, flummoxed at the sight. He could still picture the solemn look on Joshua’s face when he returned to the ward this morning. Did they somehow manage to make up in just a few hours?

Joshua hoisted Nellie into his arms and slid into the backseat.

Neil, seemingly trying to avoid Joshua, opened the passenger side door in a swift motion and sat in the front passenger seat.

Luna paused. After a moment’s hesitation, however, she opened the car door and got into the backseat. Joshua was on the left while Luna was on the right, with Nellie wedged in between them.

“Thank you, Daddy! “ Nellie gazed at her father with an awestruck look in her eyes. “I wouldn’t have lied if I had known you’d let me have fried chicken! “

Joshua squinted at her and cupped her tiny hand with his large one. “In the future, you should be

you want.

head in shame and muttered,

Okay…“

lie about getting

if I

After a pause, he added, “I’ll make sure whoever hurt you

snuck a glance at

hearing this but said nothing

he was the best father in the world. Who was he kidding? If he truly cared about Nellie, if he would handle those

person who seemingly wanted Nellie’s life at all costs, yet this man—who kept trying to act like

She lifted her head to sneak a surreptitious glance at Joshua. She

soon arrived at Blue

a smile as soon as the car stopped.

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