Joey walked over to Bryan and Christine to see how they were getting on with their handwriting practice. It was then he saw a bag of unopened potato chips next to them each.

Joey had asked specifically for this specific type of potato chip from Corinne a while ago, but she told him they had run out of it.

'Didn't Mommy say we don't have that kind of potato chips already? Where did Bryan and Christine get them from? Did Mommy secretly keep it for them, and that was why she told me we had run out?' he wondered.

He looked at the two bags of potato chips sadly. True to his nature, he did not explode with anger. He simply left the room quietly.

"Mister Joey, where are you going? Miss Corinne was asking about you just now," said the maid when she finally noticed.

"I... I'm going back to my room," answered Joey listlessly. After that, he went back to the nursery with his drooping shoulder and back, cutting a lonesome figure.

The maid thought Joey was acting a little weird. However, she did not think much about it as she was busy looking after Bryan and Christine.

did not ask her anything. She just kept telling her about the recent dreams she had, of which every one of them had to do with Jeremy. Pamela sorely missed Jeremy, and she thought she

stayed behind to give her a head massage. After that, she

asleep. The maids told her both kids dozed off

sleep. Suddenly, she sighed tiredly, and thought, 'I hope they'll get along with each other

to the

just now to take a look and went back to his room after

frowned. 'Hmm,

though Joey was a little older, he never got rid of his habit of clinging to Corinne. Thus, she found it odd that he did not look for her and instead stayed in his room. Corinne straightened Bryan and Christine's blankets, instructed the maids to keep an eye on them, and went to look for Joey in his

door, and a

"Who is it?"

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