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“A grown man, single and alone, and instead of working on himself to find a proper partner, he hides a fake in his house? If this gets out, it’ll ruin our family’s reputation!”

Nancy sighed. “Right now, we don’t need much from him. It doesn’t matter if he’s settled or not, as long as he brings home a decent woman to live with, that’s what really counts.”

Todd pondered for a moment. “If all else fails, why don’t you reach out to Lan again? Ellie can’t have kids because of that punk. They’re in such a mess right now. If there’s a chance for our family, it could be just what we need.”

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The couple hadn’t slept a wink the night before, thanks to the ‘dummy‘ on their son’s bed.

Early the next morning, Nancy ran into Joanna, who was grocery shopping at the fresh market near the Thompson residence.

A few minutes later, at a dim sum restaurant next to the market, Nancy brought up Alex and Ellie’s situation again to Joanna.

Joanna, though illiterate, was clear–minded. “Ellie might be my daughter, but your family has raised her for over ten years. This is really up to her.”

“Whatever decision Ellie makes,

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taking a smoke break in the lounge area while his right–hand man, Chris,

two are just planning to be single for life, huh? No

and Barry replied in unison, “Looking for one!”

pressed, “Okay then, how do you plan to

they spotted Nancy walking in, and quickly made their

her purse on the sofa and

Alex jumped up.

continued, “You’d better get your act together and apologize to Ellie. Explain

“Mom, it’s way better

your mother’s face

to you nicely and

was left

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