Corinne quietly brought the kids upstairs to give Jeremy and his grandparents some space.

Once back in their room, Corinne sat on the sofa.

Christine walked up to her and asked, "Mommy, is that man my daddy?"

Corinne looked at her and nodded. "Yup. Do you like him?"

Christine frowned in consternation. "I don't know 'cause I don't know him. Though, if you like him, then I like him, too."

Corinne raised an eyebrow. "Do you think I like him?"

Christine nodded. "Yeah! I think you really like him."

Corinne was a little stunned. She pulled her little daughter into her arms and rubbed her cheek against hers. "What makes you think I really like him?" "Because you let him kiss him! You wouldn't have done that if you didn't like him," answered Christine with shiny eyes.

"Oh... So you did see us kissing," said Corinne with a dejected air.

one who saw it. Joey

pinched the bridge of her nose. 'D*mn it! They're never going to take

to continue the embarrassing topic, she said, "Why don't you go

Christine jumped down from Corinne's lap and ran over to play with her three

like a dream to her. 'Jeremy is back... He's here, home with us! He must be talking to his grandparents now... I wonder how long that

questions to ask him, but her emotions were all over the place, so

the door

I see he's learned how to knock after being away for so long,' thought Corinne. After all,

got up and went to open the door, but it was not

Mister Jeremy asked me to look after the kids so you can go to

Corinne nodded. "Okay."

not go straight to the study

On the days when she especially missed him,

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