Chapter 207

The rumor mill was running wild, and by the time it reached the teacher, Mr. Miller, it had morphed into something utterly bizare.

“Mr. Miller, you’ve got to call the principal. Let him have a word with Elliot’s dad. The poor guy’s in a bad way, and he can’t have kids

wnymore…

Mr. Miller was taken aback by the news

While he comforted the little girl, wiping away her tears, he said, “Don’t cry, Shoy Elliot’s dad in a man, and you know, men don’t give birth to babies.”

“But i want Elliot’s dad to have babies! And he needs to have nine of them”

The teacher was puzzled. “Why nine?“.

Because we’re short by nine husbands”

The innocence of children, Mr. Miller thought. When Blossom heard this, she had just taken a sip of her coffee.

And she spat it out! All over the colleague she was gossiping with.

She didn’t even pause to apologize before blurting out, “The schoolgirls want Elliot’s dad to have babies?”

“Yep! That’s the talk of the day. Our little girls have been in tears over it! Didn’t you hear the wails downstairs just now?

thought I heard something, but I had no idea it was over this… Are they all calmed down now?

Elliot tell them that he’d talk to his dad when he got home, to take good care of himself, and maybe, just maybe, try harder to bring these nine sons into the world.

was in

and now, she was dying

believe her ears when she heard the story.

exasperating, and yet, somehow, hilarious.

and yet so fantastical, their

Elijah, her smile froze, and she couldn’t help but sigh

worlds were full of vibrant colors and life, Elijah’s was a desert

Elysia”

her name, Elysia snapped back

a seat across from her. He had reached out to her for a meet–up today, mentioning something important to

shop near the hospital, conveniently where she had just finished delivering lunch to Elijah, making her arrival

parking was a nightmare, took me forever to find a spot,” Callum

been here

two cups of

back from abroad when Tarquin hit me up asking for a favor. Didn’t

it

of such deceit! She

Tarquin go way back?” Elysia asked.

met him overseas, and I have known him for years.”

“Weren’t

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