“Mommy, when are you going to come back?” came Ellie’s voice from the other end of the line.

Then, the three other younger children began butting in. “Aunt Charlotte, Aunt Charlotte, come back quickly to tell us bedtime stories!”

“All right. Aunt Charlotte will be back soon. I’m on my way,” Charlotte coaxed gently. “Shower first, okay? Then you can wait for me to come back to tell you stories.”

“Okey-dokey!” the three children sang in unison.

“Mommy, are you with Daddy?” Even Jamie had come over to ask. “Will you be coming back together? Could you ask Daddy if he can bring my Transformers over?”

“We won’t—”

interrupted. “We’ll be there in half an hour. I’ll bring your Transformers

thanks, Daddy!”

forgotten about it this afternoon

children. Unbeknownst to him, the look on his

“Okay. Bye, Daddy.”

Mommy, we’ll be waiting for

“All right.”

the call ended, the gentle smiles remained on their faces until they looked

to say yes to them? I didn’t agree to let you come to my house,” Charlotte

planning to walk back?”

then Charlotte recalled that she was not driving; She

to Lupine and instructed, “Call Morgan and tell her to pick us

as she

“Firstly, this will waste your time. Secondly, it’ll affect the children’s moods. Moreover, your hand’s hurt. You can’t even hold a book, so do tell

nothing else from her, he instructed Ben, “Get someone to send Robbie and

Sir.” Ben chanced a glance at Lupine before

not stop him, thinking, I guess it’ll be good to have the kids be happy for a night. Zachary’s only doing this for the kids. All we need to

Northridge. By then, the Nacht family’s bodyguard had brought

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