Chapter 1286:

She would have forgotten about Nick and the other kids entirely. Nothing else mattered more than being there for Jerome on his special day.

“Why don’t we throw him a late birthday party?” Nina proposed eagerly, her voice picking up with hope.

“There’s no need.” Jesse, who didn’t think much of birthdays to begin with, brushed off the suggestion without a second thought. “We can do it next year. Same difference.”

“It’s not the same!” The more she dwelled on it, the heavier the guilt settled. She latched onto Jesse’s arm, her pout in full effect as she begged, “Come with me, please?”

Jesse pursed his lips, giving her a long look.

“Jesse, please?” she whined again, stretching the word out.

“Mom and Dad will be home in two days,” he reminded her gently. “And you haven’t finished the homework Dad assigned. If you run off to see Jerome now, you know Dad won’t let it slide when he gets back.”

Their dad usually had a laid-back attitude, but when it came to discipline, he didn’t mess around. Even their mom couldn’t get him to back

Still…

offered the bit of information like a consolation prize. “You’ll have plenty of

Her eyes lit up, a

Jesse nodded. “Yeah.”

you even know that?” Nina asked, her


house with Jesse earlier that same day. How had she

a glance and replied coolly, “Do you even

protested, clearly

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