The Returning Ex

With Sophia in his arms, John kissed her on the forehead. The two snuggled for a while before heading downstairs.

It was time for dinner. The two of them saw Matilda wiping her hands and ready to go upstairs to inform everyone.

Sophia said, “Mom! Hasn’t Grandma come down?” Sophia’s way of addressing Matilda made her jump in shock.

She smacked her lips with an awkward expression and replied, “You should just call me Madam Flintstone. That way, I won’t feel any gap between us. If you call me Mom, my heart will jump, and I will feel as if I have aged.”

Sophia laughed jovially at Matilda’s funny response. “Not only you, I feel weird calling you Mom as well. Great, Madam Flintstone it is.”

Feeling a little amused by how odd the conversation could go between the ladies, John asked, “Do I need to call you by your name as well?”

Matilda glared at him. “What for? Don’t you want to be my son? Or you don’t see me as your mother?”

Faced with his mother’s chain of questions, he quickly shut up and regretted his decision to butt in. I should have listened without interrupting.

her.” Upon saying so, she turned her body slightly to walk around John and Sophia to the second

the stairs, Sophia carefully stretched her limbs. “By

before answering, “Yeah, he gave me some valuable clues. Even though he is all

mention of Logan’s character, Sophia immediately broke into a smile. “I think Logan is at Miss Hunt’s place now. I can’t

pursed his lips

of the police and had

the dining room. Soon, Matilda

if she had just woken up. With Matilda’s help, she

about the Flintstones, which reminded her that Old Mrs. Constance had wanted

announced, “I will head over to the Flintstone Residence in the afternoon. Matilda will stay home. Sophia, do you have anything you crave? I can buy you

me like

particularly crave anything. I’m fine. There are too many fruits at home, and I’ll

Constance smiled warmly at her. “We didn’t treat you well in