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.

yet. I’m going upstairs to notify her.” Upon

the stairs, Sophia carefully stretched her limbs. “By the way, did Logan

“Yeah, he gave me some valuable clues. Even though he is all over the place and acts carelessly, at

Logan is at Miss Hunt’s place now. I can’t explain why, but I feel that those two have something going

his

had a discussion with Logan about Lola. Even though she had made a career switch, she used to be part of the police and had some support behind her. Getting Lola onto their side to help would be much easier than dealing with

the dining room. Soon, Matilda returned

woken up. With Matilda’s help,

were coming down, Sophia overheard them talking about the Flintstones, which reminded her that Old

Residence in the afternoon. Matilda will stay home. Sophia,

me

crave anything. I’m

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