Did… did I hear that right?

Did he just say ‘you too’?

She could not believe her ears, but she was sure that she was not dreaming.

By the time she found her bearings again, the man had already turned around with a slight grimace on his face.

She watched as he walked up the stairs in silence.

She trembled as something deep within her chest split open and started oozing a thick liquid onto her insides.

Why can’t I get this right?

She rushed back into her room and buried herself in her sheets as her heart thumped against her chest.

I’ll tell him about Vivian tomorrow, I guess…

The next day…

Vivian was the first to wake up amongst the three kids because of her excitement.

pink bunny pajamas, she waddled out of her room with her messy bed hair to look for

Wait… where’s Mommy?

as she stood before the tightly closed door to her mother’s

Creak… creak…

descended the stairs, and Vivian whipped around to see who

It’s Daddy!

the ground

watched her

day, and he was not expecting to see a

still a hint of fear in her eyes, though she did not

simply stood before him while staring at

mommy is still asleep?” he asked gently as

close and

room. It’s cold outside,” he

and he could not help but

the little girl was pretty obedient. Holding her plushie to her chest, she headed towards Matteo’s room, shooting him a

Huh, she’s pretty cute.

towards the door. Maybe I should treat her better from

I’ll just take this

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