Billionaire, Let's Divorce! by BELLA

Chapter 0278

ANASTASIA

I sat beside Amie's hospital bed,watching as her pencil moved deftly across the sketchbook. Her brows furrowed in concentration and her eyes shined with creativity.

"I'm guessing that is us?" I pointed to her drawing of two caricature bearing semblance to both of us, minus the feet all pointing in one direction.

"Yes, mommy. It's us baking tasty cookies in the kitchen. I'm just about to add Aunt Clara since she likes your cookies too. She stated without breaking her concentration.

"And Dennis?"

She paused, her pencil hovering over the sketchbook for a while before she shrugged and resumed sketching. "I will add him too. After Aunt Clara anyway. I want to go home soon, mommy. It's lonely here and smells awfully like drugs."

I felt a bit of sadness, knowing I'd have to leave her soon. I have never been separated from her for as long as a complete day and now I was about to be apart from her for a week. A whole week! "Hey, baby, I need to talk to you about something." I began, trying to sound gentle.

Amie looked up, her eyes sparkling with curiosity. "What is it, Mommy?"

to find the right words to use. "I have to go away for a few days. It has to do with mummy's work. But it's

watched with more sadness as her face fell, she looked down at her sketchbook, twiddling the pencil in her grip and

and listen to the nurses, okay?" Amie's lower lip trembled, and she looked at me with tears in her eyes.

you do, sweetheart. But that is not going to be possible as you haven't recovered. The nurses are going to take good care of you. And when I come back, I'll bring you lots of new toys and

her sleeve. Her expression brightened up

getting her a pen. But I was unable to

in, "Oh that, I think one of the visitors gave

It was a gentle rebuke and she knew it. That usual pout of hers

one of the reasons I was especially hesitant to leave Amie. She was

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the point of vulnerability and I didn't want anything happening to her or worse. I also worried. about her getting into trouble because she had a mind of her own

you'll be good and not run

She frowned, mumbling.