The old man and the little boy were chatting away, so caught up in their own world that nobody noticed the look on Tarquin's face.

The old man leaned in toward Evan and said,

"Listen, Evan, you remember what Bernard always says: Maybe your fists can't fix everything, but they sure can fix the kind of people who start the trouble in the first place!"

"Doesn't matter who it is—if someone's messing with your mom, you go all out and give them a real good wallop!"

Evan balled his tiny fists and nodded so hard his hair flopped,

"Yeah! If anyone bullies my mom, I'll knock their socks off! I don't care who it is!"

The old man grinned, "Even if it's your dad."

Evan replied without a hint of hesitation, "Of course! My mom's the most important!"

Tarquin: "..."

For a second, he honestly didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

He was touched that his little boy loved his mom so much.

But on the other hand, he felt a pang of sadness-his own son didn't seem to care about him at all.

Tarquin just stood there, somewhere between a smile and a sigh, and glanced over at Bernard.

Suddenly, a chill ran down his spine, as if he'd just dodged a bullet.

If he hadn't built a real relationship with Elysia, what kind of mess would he be in right now?

One, two, three, four, five... six!

right, six heavy-hitters, all

Tarquin swallow

thought of

but even he had to admit this was

was no way he could

thoughts flashed to a certain

Jindale City who used to gossip about Elysia, sneering about her raising

a real disease, Tarquin thought. Those folks must be terminal,

stroll into

himself and greeted Bernard politely, "Hey, Bernard. Good

man

on you. You treat my Elysia and those

talking-he was laying down the

Tarquin nodded,

queen of

I'm just the

queen and

narrowed his eyes

you understand. Now, about you hurting Elysia before-I'm not done you over that. That slap was just a

with

her heart

that we can't come out of hiding. For her, we'd do

Tarquin was all seriousness,

from now on, the only one doing any bullying

hurt

finally looked satisfied, the threat fading from his

his bond, son. Don't make me regret

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