q“The kids made this.” Charlotte placed the snacks on the table. “I'll put it here. Eat it if you want to.”

Danrique looked at the snacks on the plate. They were of different shapes and sizes, and he felt touched. He could imagine how happy the kids must have looked when they were making the snacks. They might not like him, but they'd always save all the good food for him.

“The kids are in the garden. Do you want to see them?” Charlotte asked.

Danrique shook his head quietly.

“No matter how busy Zachary is, he'll always take spend some time with the kids at night. Even if he can't play with them now that he's sick, he still tells them bedtime stories.” Charlotte smiled. “You can ask the girls to tell you stories as well. They know a lot of them.”

Charlotte left quietly after that.

Danrique looked at the plate of snacks. When he heard the kids' laughter, he was reminded of his own childhood, and suddenly, he thought that he had to make some changes.

He thought about the thing his aunt told him before. She told him that most children didn't have a happy childhood. Some had even become drifters and lived in slums, while some had to be alone for a long time, for their parents were not there for them.

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childhoods, but they might grow up differently. Some would grow up

childhoods, but they might grow up differently. Some would grow up to be

know how to give out

become strong people, while some might never change. Change was a perpetual process, and it would take a lifetime for some

called out to him, breaking his thought

some snacks, while

us to send these to you,”

I picked these snacks,” Beta looked up proudly. “I saved some

the table. “I don't know a lot of the words in

Art of War? I thought it was supposed

going back to the courtyard, Daddy. Wanna come?” The children stared

Danrique wanted to refuse, but then he remembered that Charlotte told him about how Zachary would always spend some time with their kids no matter what. He'd tell the kids stories even when he was

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