Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 788

Danny was still going on about it, "I'm not about to let good ol' Dad get off easy. If we're expected to look after him when he's old and grey, then he's gotta pull his weight and take care of us while we're kids. It's only fair." Whitney & Sammy: "..."

"And besides, I was watching TikToks with Granny the other day, and saw this mom of two so overwhelmed she tried to jump off a building!

Sammy, don't you worry about Mom getting too stressed out?

We love Mom so much, we can't let her get worn out. If you hate Dad so much, you should let him take us more often. When you're mad, dump us on him - that's the best revenge, they say. As for Mom, we just gotta keep her happy." "..." Unbelievably, they couldn't fault his logic.

It was the first time Sammy started to see his usually naive little brother in a new light. Danny was unexpectedly optimistic.

Whitney was speechless, Danny, that little schemer, was going out of his way to defend Ludwik, even stooping to badmouth him, all to make a point.

She couldn't help but laugh and pinch the little guy's cheek, "Mom will never get tired of taking care of you, and definitely won't be jumping off any buildings. Maybe lay off the TikToks a bit, Daniel Lippert."

"But Sammy told me that back when you were abroad, you stayed up all night taking care of him, learning new medical treatments for his cold spells. Sammy said you barely made it through those three years."

Danny looked at his mom with a pained expression.

Whitney's eyes welled up unexpectedly, and she ruffled his hair, "There were tough times, but seeing how sweet and caring you guys are, it's all been worth it."

Listening to the conversation between his mom and brother, Sammy sat quietly on the couch, pondering.

Danny's carefree approach was undeniably reasonable.

If he continued to resent Ludwik and refused to let him play the role of a father, wouldn't that just be letting him off easy?

Danny glanced at his brother, knowing his words had taken effect, and raised an eyebrow, "Sammy, we gotta keep close to deadbeat Dad, make him work like a horse. Plus, we can keep him from meeting any other women. We gotta ruin his love life to make him atone to Mom, make him stay a bachelor forever. That's the ultimate punishment!"

Sammy couldn't bother to argue with that logic, simply replying with a

watched her sons plot with a mix of

if he met someone else, he'd

dad... he's

to herself with a smirk, then coughed to change the subject

to? Why

been worried about the bruise on

sneak off

over the phone? I caught a cold, that's why I haven't visited these past few days, nor

"Danny and Sammy aren't that fragile; they won't catch it. But

okay, to avoid spreading germs, I'll just take my

it's not even flu season," Yael

Aunt mentioning it, Danny and Sammy suddenly realized Mom had been wearing the mask for too

to take off the mask, Keegan gave her a scrutinizing look,

down her mask when she

standing up abruptly, flames

did you get

welled up

why I had Danny take a look. You were trying to hide it from us, who did

eyes flickering as she admitted, "It's nothing. You don't need to get so worked up. I had a dispute at work the other day and got

that troublesome employee, Mom's already taken her

to lighten the mood with a smile for her sons, "How is

well kids could be

After dinner.

Yael called Whitney into

her, starting off with a sigh, "Whitney, tell your uncle the truth, who