In Isabella’s case, she, Franklin, and Condecora stayed together.

When Isabella said, “You come with me to participate,” rather than responding positively, Maggie simply replied, “We’ll see.” Isabella understood this point all too well; she was aware of the situation.

Isabella had chosen her for an important event, but Maggie didn’t seem particularly happy about it. The competition would be the following weekend. Generally speaking, she was free on weekends. Besides, when a child has a competition, it’s a significant event for the family. Parents often prioritize their child's matters.

In the past, she would have prioritized Isabella. Other miscellaneous things would have taken a backseat. But now…

Maggie saw the expectation in Isabella’s eyes. Still, she vaguely said, “Mom will see when the time comes. If there’s nothing important, I’ll go with you to the competition.”

Over the past six months, Isabella had called her many times and expressed numerous wishes. She had developed a pattern: whenever Maggie used uncertain phrases like “we’ll see” or “if,” it usually meant that she wouldn’t accompany her.

Upon hearing this, Isabella’s nose tingled, and her eyes began to redden. She let go of Maggie’s hand, sniffled, and softly said, “Oh,” without elaborating further.

Maggie noticed her reaction. While she couldn’t claim to be entirely unaffected, she didn’t change her mind. She reached out, intending to rub Isabella’s head before leaving. However, as she stretched her hand out, Isabella turned her head, pouting and refusing to look at her.

to comfort her. She simply turned to

face away from Maggie but kept an eye on her movements. When she heard the sound of Maggie’s high heels fading away, signaling that she was really leaving without comforting her, Isabella couldn’t hold

much smarter than other children. She was lively, had her own opinions, and over the past six months, the other children at the fencing

Isabella’s requests with enthusiasm and had been gentle and meticulous in taking care of her. He hadn’t expected that Maggie, knowing Isabella was sad and disappointed, would still leave without a second glance. It gave him the impression that she had already stopped caring for Isabella as her daughter. This

another man had been in Franklin’s place, he probably would have gotten angry and scolded her. But Franklin showed no signs of blaming Maggie. There was no reprimanding or arguing

Isabella up, and gently wiped the tears from her face with his thumb. “Are you

sobs, “I’m sad, and Mom doesn’t care about me… She just left… without saying

calmly replied,

does

gently. “No,

tearful, looked at

a handkerchief to wipe her

felt a little better, but thinking about how Maggie had left

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