She Took The House The Car And My Heart

Chapter 1623:

Without waiting for a reply, he turned and began walking back toward his home.

“Hey!” Nina called out behind him.

The boy didn’t look back. He just kept walking, his figure disappearing with the same blank indifference.

The middle-aged man let out a quiet sigh of relief. Forcing a weak smile, he turned to Kristian. “You see? He doesn’t want to go himself. I can’t force him.”

Nina’s eyes were heavy with worry.

“Mr. Shaw, I’ll head up now,” the man said, nodding quickly before retreating from sight.

Nina, too young to grasp the murky tangle of adult decisions, stayed fixated on the one thing that made sense to her. “Aren’t we going to take that boy to see a doctor? His injuries look like they really hurt.”

She knew all too well how even the tiniest scrape could sting—so how much worse must it feel to have bruises like his?

go,” Kristian said gently, reaching over to ruffle her

again?” Nina asked carefully,

his lips together,

answered plainly,

“Should we call the police? I don’t want him to get

beyond his years. “He’ll just tell them he fell

blinked,

you’re older,” Jesse

𝓛⍺𝕥𝒆𝕊𝓽 с𝒉αρ𝐭𝓮𝓇𝓈 gⲁⅼ𝓷𝗈ν𝓮𝗅𝗌﹒с𝑜ｍ

the boy, he

forever. If Kristian stepped in to protect him

wouldn’t fix the

Jesse’s prediction wasn’t

as the boy and his father returned home,

I’ll let it slide this time. But if you don’t score perfectly on the next