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

she told her grandma

double take. "You

What daddy?!

idea who exactly

turned towards Zoe, who remained nonchalant.

’No, I'm not! I’ll take you toDaddy if you don't

she climbed off her chair and pulled

do it, but

when

the

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

"Dad-"

mouth before her daughter could finish, who in turn puffed her little cheeks

away, so that they went back the way

nothing when

he losing concentration from

and limped on his cane to one of the private rooms. Meanwhile, Zoe quickly carried