Chapter 94 Again
He noticed Madeline’s polite behavior, and the others had too. Michael felt a bit crestfallen, but he knew that Madeline’s attitude was expected. They had never raised her for even a day in her life, and ever since she came to their house, she never enjoyed a moment of peace. He failed to give her the warmth of a family and a father’s love, so he had no right to ask her to treat them as family. But we have time. Now that she’s back, we can get along and eventually have her open up to us if we open up to her. We’ll be a real family eventually.
The boys woke up when they were halfway through breakfast. Joel asked to see Madeline the moment he woke up, and Simon quickly called Madeline.
She rose to her feet and told Michael, “Dad, the boys are awake. I’m going to see them.”
“Go,” he said. “And wash them up. They should be hungry now, so take them here. The chefs made a lot of food for them.”
Madeline nodded. “Okay, Dad.”
Sebastian put his cutlery down and got up too. “I’ll go too.”
“No. You don’t have to,” she responded. “I can handle this myself.”
“I know,” he replied. “I just miss the boys.”
She figured, Well, as long as you’re happy.
They went upstairs.
Joel was rolling around on the bed with his pillow in his hands. “I want Mom. I want Mom. I want Mom.”
This boy is really…
his head. “Buddy,
at
shook her head. I wonder where he got this from. I’ve never acted this way, so… She looked at Sebastian. Not impossible, really. He might be
noticed the weird look she was giving him
“I-It’s nothing.” She patted Joel’s
koala to a tree, he said, “He
“Can you be
too, Mom!” He puffed his cheeks. “I’m cute, and I
did
amusement as he carried Joel and kissed him. “You’re right. You’re the
Joel hugged him and wiggled around
Madeline, “Is
her son, but it would sound too forced if she kept emphasizing that. As she patted Joel’s back, she explained while glancing at Sebastian, “He always does this after he wakes up. I wonder who
not me. I wasn’t this cute when I was a
long as
hair wet. When he saw Sebastian and Madeline,
then at Quincy, who just came out of the shower looking all clean. He thought he had
drawer for a hair dryer. “Come, Aldo.”
and
dried Quincy’s hair. He carefully controlled the temperature in case it was too cold or too hot for the child. He looked serious, careful, and meticulous while
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