Chapter 650

Little Nina froze for a second, then protested with her hands over her face, "Mom, that's not fair! I'm the prettiest little fairy, you can't keep photos of me looking like a clown!"

Briony ruffled her daughter's round head. "Then why don't you hurry up and wipe that messy face of yours?"

Little Nina, never one to let things weigh her down for long, quickly brushed away her tears.

Her little nose and eyes were still red from crying, but her hands were now firmly planted on her hips, her chubby cheeks full of stubborn defiance.

"Mom, I didn't cry!" Little Nina jabbed a finger at little Mario. "It was Mario who was crying! Shame on you, big boy crying and all~"

At that, the little man quickly wiped his face and glared at his sister. "I wasn't crying! You were!"

"You were!" Little Nina shot back, refusing to back down. "You started it!"

"No, I didn't!" Mario frowned.

"Yes, you did!"

"No, I didn't!"

The two siblings squared off, voices rising in a familiar, escalating duet.

They hardly ever fought, so the adults looked on in amusement, not wanting to interrupt, treating it like a lighthearted skit.

warm and sweet, laughter and bickering

shattered in an instant, when Briony, without warning, began to bleed from

children down and calling out, "Mr. Delaney, Lorna, please take

had already pulled out a handkerchief, pressing it gently to

When she realized what was happening, her first instinct was to

and Lorna had already ushered them

heading to

first time this

Stewart's hands

gently patted his. "Stewart,

voice tight, eyes rimmed red. "The car's

Briony nodded again.

kids in the car, ran

gaze falling to the handkerchief in Stewart's hand-already soaked through with blood. His face@ent pale. "That's a

Please look after

longer felt the old hostility toward Stewart. Right now, Briony was all that

nothing in

nodded. "I understand. Take care of Bryn, please. Call me when

"Of course," Stewart replied.

at the curb, Carl Shaw at the

Briony into the

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