“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.

later, at the preschool in

you are! I thought you

two little kids came running toward her. They leaped into

did most of

on the other hand, just stood in front

cracked a smile. She squatted down and took her two precious kids in her arms. “Now, why wouldn’t I want you two? There’s nothing I want in the world other than

“Really?”

She gave Sasha a tight

merely hugged

that hug, the clever boy could sense that something

possible that… Mommy went there again today,

face

Sasha brought them to the supermarket to get some groceries before going home. She had to prepare dinner for them,

back to that

you and your sister should get your

“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 nicely in front of her. After that, he whispered into her

to make a phone call. Do your homework

who are you calling?

of large eyes widened in anticipation. The way her eyelashes fluttered made her seem just so

not in a good mood today, so

bad again, then we’re kicking him out of

again, her chubby cheeks flushed red with rage as she flapped her little

to his

he could dial the number, there was already a text message waiting for him. He clicked on the message to realize that

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