She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1621:

Nina looked even more confused now and a bit skeptical. “Jesse.”

“Yeah?”

“When Mom was pregnant with us, did you get all the brains before I came out?”

“What?”

“Otherwise, how come you understand so much more than I do?” Nina asked, completely convinced something was up.

“When you were busy playing house with Jerome, I was studying,” Jesse replied smoothly. “When you were out running wild, I was reading. When you were stuck in the time-out corner, I was doing worksheets.”

“And then what?” Nina asked, still not getting it.

“That’s it,” Jesse said with finality. “That’s the result.”

head, still not fully understanding. But somehow, she

hard tomorrow too,” she announced firmly.

say anything, wisely staying quiet—he knew better than anyone just how unreliable her

his sister inside and

to

barely a short while, she was

go out and play. I haven’t met any of the kids

go,” Kristian said, taking both her and

𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙗𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙣

of playmates, Kristian had moved them into a cozy villa in a family-friendly neighborhood where lots of kids their age lived. As soon as they got to the community

had errands to run that morning

voice rang out nearby, full of anger. “You’ve been goofing off and not studying! An A-minus? Are you

sound

a ruler in his hand, striking the boy with it again and again. The boy hung his head low, wet bangs clinging to his forehead, and a burning red mark was stamped