His Eagle Eyes on Me

"Honey, are you going to scold her? Don't yell at her. I'm not complaining about her. She must be sick of seeing me every day." Elliot defended Layla. "What are you thinking? She's already so big, how could I scold her for such a small matter?" Avery could not help but smile. "Hand the phone to her!" Elliot was still worried. He asked, "What are you planning to say to her?"

"I'm just going to ask her to care more for her Daddy. Why can't I say that?" Avery asked.

"Sure, of course, you can. You still care for me the most." Elliot happily walked over to Layla.

After passing the phone to Layla, Elliot stood next to her, trying to catch snatches of their conversation.

"Layla, are you having fun today?" Avery gently asked.

Layla smiled widely. Her tone was excited. "I'm happy! Mommy! I'm so happy today! It's so pretty! They just shot Uncle Eric skiing after the drone. Woo, woo. He looks so cool! Uncle Eric looks so handsome skiing!"

Layla took the phone and jumped up and down in the same spot.

Avery looked at the shaky screen; she could feel Layla's excitement.

"Layla, did you know that your Daddy deliberately accompanied you today?" Avery said after Layla had calmed down a little. "He should have gone to work, but when he found out that you would be out in the cold, he was afraid that you might freeze and so, he came with you. You can't just chase after Uncle Eric and forget about your daddy."

Layla responded with, "Oh," before looking at Elliot.

He needs our love too. We can't just let him keep giving without any return,

Layla heard what Avery said, she

come here!" Layla

came over to

bent down." Layla held Elliot's

not understand, but he

Elliot bent down, Layla immediately planted

much! If I have to compare you and Uncle Eric,

only that I

Eric for a long

If I were to play with him every day, I would surely be happier to see you than I am

is a sweet talker!"

next time you get jealous, you can just tell me! Why do you have to secretly tell Mommy?" Layla started lecturing Elliot. "Do you think I won't care if you're sad? Impossible!" Elliot did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Alright,

big girl now. You can't lift

nodded and held Layla's little

all of his exhaustion