“Little Ian, it’s getting late. I have to go now.”

“Alright,” came a flat response from Ian, who was playing a game in the room.

Sasha rose from her spot and proceeded to put on her socks, ready to leave.

“So will you be coming tonight?”

“What’s that?”

“You said you would come over every night to treat Daddy’s illness.”

Ian’s fingers did not stop tapping on the game controller while his eyes remained glued to the screen. With that listless demeanor of his, if Sasha had not been staying with the boy in the same room, she might have suspected that he wasn’t the one who said those words.

Sasha lowered her eyes. For a moment there, she thought about telling him that she would not be coming that night.

In fact, she would not be coming anymore. She didn’t want to treat his daddy’s illness again if she could help it.

But as she stood there gazing at the boy’s little head and then at the medicine left on the table, she nodded in the end.

“Yes, of course I’ll come. You should go to sleep after you put on your pajamas, understand? I will come to check on you as soon as I arrive, alright?”

The boy remained quiet.

He felt embarrassed now that his secret had been discovered.

But he nodded in the end before shifting his focus back to the game.

Sasha left the house after that, feeling relieved.

at the preschool in

I thought you

her two little kids came running toward

Vivian did most of

other hand, just stood in front of his mother, carrying his

smile. She squatted down and took her two precious kids in her arms. “Now, why wouldn’t I want you two?

“Really?”

gave Sasha a tight hug and kissed her on

Matteo merely hugged

boy could sense that something

possible that… Mommy went

beaming face

groceries before going home. She had to prepare dinner for them, clean up after that and then make a trip to Frontier Bay, so there was

back to that place, she started to feel upset

dinner. In the meantime, you and

“Sure, Mommy.”

their homework from their schoolbags. He spread out his sister’s homework, got out her pencil which had a butterfly figurine, and placed it

your homework here, alright? Cover for me and don’t let Mommy find

who are you calling? Is it

pair of large eyes widened in anticipation. The way her eyelashes

“Yes. I realize that Mommy’s not in a good mood today, so I want to ask Ian if she’s

Daddy’s been bad again,

that Mommy was being bullied again,

his room

waiting for him. He clicked on the message to realize that it

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