Carlos politely pulled his arm free from her grip and stroked her hair dotingly.

“Every time you see Tabitha, you ignore the rest of us,” he said.

Megan made a face playfully and walked back to Tabitha.

“Of course.

Tabitha loves me the most in the whole world,” she declared proudly.

Carlos held Debbie tighter and didn’t respond.

Debbie stood there numbly, hands in her pockets. Feeling Carlos’ tightened embrace, she squeezed the fabric hard, a choreographed smile stuck on her face.

as amicable as Megan. Socials and flattery were not her strong suits. She wondered

inside,”

she could take a second step, Megan grabbed her arm and exclaimed, “Ah! Tabitha, I’m sorry I forgot about my friend’s son. He’s in my car. His mom had a last-minute meeting. She asked me to babysit him, but I really wanted to see

that, she stuck out her tongue

said to

was opened, a boy in a blue down jacket jumped out. He wore a black knitted hat and carried a toy gun. At the sight of the group of adults, he held the toy gun up and yelled, “Hands up! Or I’ll

the boy’s rude words. Inexperienced in dealing with kids, Debbie wondered if she should

said, “King Jake, please spare me. How

toy gun and dashed towards the house as he shouted,

he was in the villa and out of everyone’s

if there was nothing wrong with the boy’s behavior. Or

arm and helped

my and Carlos’ son was that

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