Arissa stroked his head as she sat down. “He said that he has gone to see Mr. Bailey.”

Zachary nodded.

Oliver asked, “Mommy, what happened to you just now? Did you think of something sad?”

He noticed Arissa wiping the tears off her eyes.

Arissa cleared her throat awkwardly. “I was just touched by how delicious the food was!”

The six children were stumped.

Without explaining any further, Arissa quickly finished her food and went to Mary's ward to accompany her.

Meanwhile, the children continued to finish their snacks in the break room.

Tim suddenly asked in a low voice, “Is Ms. York reacting that way because of me?”

She was also crying when she was asleep.


Gavin was stunned by how sensitive Tim was and quickly comforted him, “Don't overthink it. It might well be because of something else.”

“That's right. It might not necessarily be because of you,” Zachary reassured him too.

When the other three children saw Tim lowering his head, they, too, consoled him immediately.

“Tim, do you feel pressured? Didn't Mommy say just now that it was because of the delicious food?”

“Don't lie to me. Ms. York was crying in her sleep, for she feels that she has failed me,” Tim explained.

Gavin and the others were shocked.

“Mommy was crying in her sleep?”

When he saw the surprised and sympathetic looks on their faces, Tim nodded his head.

As if he had done something wrong, he tucked his head in and explained apologetically, “I did comfort her, but she didn't hear me because she was in deep sleep. She did stop after crying for a long while.”

When Tim's siblings saw how sorry he was and that he was blaming himself, their hearts went out to him.

Gavin tousled his hair. “Tim, Mommy just felt bad for your sake. She feels that way because of her love for you. In fact, she reacted the exact same way when she first found me. She didn't dare speak loudly and felt that she had let me down. All she felt like doing was treat me better. Even then, she would cry while we weren't looking.”

Tim widened his eyes and asked in surprise, “She was like that with you too?”

“That's right.”

After a brief hesitation, Gavin continued, “Back then, I was even abused by that wicked lady. When Mommy found out, her heart ached so much that she shed tears over it.”

Upon hearing Gavin's words, Tim hid his hands, for he didn't want Arissa to see scars and feel sad over them.

“As Mommy blames herself for losing us, she can't help but feel that she has let us down. Therefore, you shouldn't feel any pressure from her response, as that's a testament to how much she loves us.”
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