Julian's Stand in Wife

At the airport, Betty looked excited. She hadn’t been far from home in a long time.

“Mommy, is it really just going to be the two of us?”

Layla was done with check-in, and was giving Diana the travel documents. Diana took tidied them up before replying to Betty, “Yes, just the two of us. Don’t you want that?”

Betty clasped her hands together. “Of course, I want that!”

It’s just that…

“It’ll be even better if Daddy comes along.”

If Sean were around too, it’d be perfect!

However, Betty didn’t dare bring up Sean in front of Diana.

The few times she did that, Diana would sob uncontrollably. Since then, she never mentioned anything regarding Sean before Diana.

She missed Sean.

Mommy missed Sean even more.

very soon, her disappointment was replaced by the excitement

it’s alright even if Daddy doesn’t

and immediately hugged Diana and gave her mother cheek a little

Betty’s head, leaning forward to kiss her daughter. Then she said to Layla, “Don’t

Layla couldn’t bring herself

felt troubled throughout the whole journey. “Mrs.

don’t I…give Mr. Fulcher a call first? We should at least inform him about something

her hands firmly on Layla’s shoulders, and turned her in the direction of the exit of the airport. “Layla, go back in peace. I’ll tell

Julian knew Jim, anyway.

to worry about her

really

felt assured knowing that Julian was with Oliver. Perhaps the two of them could do something for

not worried about Mr. Fulcher blaming me,” Layla said, beginning to panic

to boot. The flight takes a few hours, and you need to take care of Ms. Betty as well. How can I feel

at

to host her and extend hospitality to her. If she brought another

to trouble Jim too

by myself,” she said. “We’re taking business class, and the flight attendants can help me. Betty doesn’t even