Mia clapped her hands in approval for her friend. "In the Cedillo family, you're the bee's knees!" She then gave her friend a thumbs up.

Leo also gave his aunt a thumbs up. "You are the coolest aunt."

Molly pounded her chest in pride. "Age comes with wisdom."

Andre, the guardian, quietly listened to their plans.

Determining mental illness was not as simple as one might think. It required specialized equipment for head examinations. Only when the equipment showed abnormal data, would a medical diagnosis of mental illness be issued.

In the evening, after having dinner at home, Leo had to leave again. Before he left, Naomi held her son, repeatedly confirming, "Are you going to do your work near here this time?"

Leo answered, "Yes, Mom, I won't go far. I'll come home every day so you can see me, okay?"

Naomi responded, "That is not necessary. It can get annoying. Just answer my calls."

Leo was upset. He was an only child, but he never enjoyed the privileges of being one. He even asked his mother, "Are you planning to have another baby with Dad?"

If anyone deserved a slap, it was Leo. The slap Naomi gave him resounded throughout the house, and not a single person felt sorry for him.

Bruce shooed him away, "Just go."

Leo, holding his car keys, left gloomily.

When Molly kindly escorted her nephew out, Leo was scared. "Molly, I didn't do anything to you. Use your kindness on someone else."

Molly grabbed her nephew's arm, disgusted by his cowardice. "Leo, what do you mean by what you said in the backyard? My temperament is enough to give Chad a hard time in the future?"

clearly said to Molly, "Exactly what you think it

into the car and left. Molly could only watch

to her question. Only

on her mind,

choose from many options. When it came to decision-making, even Andre, the CEO, had to let her have the final say. Naomi was planning to buy a crib for the baby. Mia, a new mother, didn't quite understand. "Naomi, isn't it too early to

we buy

room. Mia, you can choose a

intended to move to Maplewood Estates, which

a bit disappointed. "Why leave when we

added, "If you stay here, I can look after Mia. Who will look

returned to the bedroom and called Chad. It didn't take long for Chad to answer, "Molly, what's up?" Molly was lying on the bed. Her eyes were rolling around, as

returned, he sent him a message thanking

the bed, hesitating for a while.

let Molly finish. He could tell something was up from her tone and the way she started. Sometimes it's not so great having a family member who is a cop. Molly sat up on the bed. "Leo said my temper is enough to give you a hard time. I don't understand what he

to

heart raced. She couldn't

tensed up when he heard what Molly said. And he also remembered the question Leo had asked him earlier. His hand twitched and he didn't respond for a while. Molly asked, "Do you understand what

eyes blinked, and then he murmured,

""What is it?"

to

had struck from the skies, reverberating in Molly's heart. She didn't speak for a long time. Her cheeks turned crimson. Her body felt like it

the other end of the phone, Chad coughed twice to ease the awkwardness. "Go

"I'll kill him."

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