Did he really see what he thought he saw?

Silas felt something was weird. He immediately called Maurice on his smart watch.

“Hello, uncle. Why aren’t you here to pick me up yet?”

“I’m on my way. Wait a little.”

Maurice asked Corbin to park the car on a nearby corner. From there they could secretly observe Eliana and the children.

“You are always busy with work. Are you still working? Have you forgotten what day it is?”

Silas was irritated and hurt.

Before Maurice could explain, Silas had already hung up in disappointment.

Silas stood still in silence. His little body drooped down, making him look like an abandoned puppy.

Aileen and Adrian glanced at each other. “Silas, if your uncle isn’t picking you up, you can come to our house,” Aileen said. “Bowling isn’t there, but we can play with Foodie.”

right. Let’s go

head and looked down at the ground.

that something was wrong with

was strange for him to reject an invitation and ignore his

grasped his hand, and asked gently, “Silas, can

his lip and tears welled up in his eyes. “Today is the day… my parents died. But my uncle has

younger self in Silas. She knew better than anyone the pain of

Poor kid…

lost his sister. How could anyone who lost their loved one not feel grief? He must have something going on today. I’ll stay with

mother of two, Eliana knew that childcare

was left to take care of him. Since he was also working, it was inevitable that he would not be able to

front of Eliana. She could

the back seat were

looked

at him, he said, “Mr. Gorman, I apologize

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