A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 772

Zoe frowned. When did she ever point out someone on television and tell Yelena exactly who her father was?

"I'll show you, Mommy." Yelena gave up on explaining, feeling the urgency to take her mommy to see her daddy.

Zoe was being pulled along by the girl, almost taken into the men's room. Before things could escalate, she hurriedly scooped Yelena up in her arms. "Yelena, sweetie, girls don't go into the men's room."

"But Daddy's inside..."

"You don't have a daddy,* Zoe explained feebly as she carried Yelena away.

"Everyone in the kindergarten has a daddy. Why not me?" Yelena asked.

"...You had one. He just died early,” Zoe lied.

"But I just saw him!" Yelena furrowed her little brows, looking a little angry.

Zoe said nothing, and brought Yelena back to her highchair. She simply considered it a sudden fantasy of Yelena's, since a three-year old would occasionally have her head in the clouds.

Yelena refused to let

that her mommy doubted her, she told her grandma loudly, ’

a double take. "You

What daddy?!

had no idea who exactly

turned towards Zoe, who remained nonchalant. "Let her be.

’No, I'm not! I’ll take you

off her chair and pulled Zoe along to

want to do it, but she couldn't stop Yelena's resolve

to walk two paces when

this where the

not a better restaurant? This place was just a little too comfortable for a gathering of

"Dad-"

over Yelena's mouth before her daughter could finish, who

steered Yelena away, so that

noticed a familiar figure, but saw nothing when he

losing concentration from a

of the private rooms. Meanwhile, Zoe quickly carried Yelena back to their table, having survived a close