Little Billy stared at the video screen, momentarily taken aback as his dad's face appeared. His tiny tongue darted out, touching his lips before revealing a small, adorable pink tip that melted Andre's heart. Today, Billy seemed to be seeing a different version of his dad than he was used to.

Andre chuckled, "Don't you recognize Daddy anymore?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Billy's excitement grew, and he looked like he might just leap with joy.

Mia had a hard time holding onto her squirming son with one hand.

When Conner heard Andre's voice, he walked over, standing behind him with his hands clasped behind his back, leaning in to look at the lively little guy on the screen. "Son, take a look at your godfather." Faced with a stranger, Billy's excitement slowly faded, and he furrowed his brow, staring at the unfamiliar face.

Conner was puzzled. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Naomi had prepared some water, and Mia was about to feed Billy. "Honey, it's time to give the baby some water. You and Conner finish up and come home early."

After a brief exchange, the two men ended the call.

Mia cuddled her little bundle of joy close and planted a big smooch on his soft, chubby cheek.

"Oooh la la," she cooed, unable to resist showering her "little toy" with affection. "Do you think your godfather came to see you?"

"Oooh la la," Billy echoed in his baby babble.

Even though Grandpa Hansen often seemed less than friendly towards his eldest grandson, when Leo was seriously hurt, he made it a point to show no favoritism. After fussing over his younger grandson, he marched over to Leo's bedroom. "Leo, stay in bed. Grandpa's going to apply some ointment himself."

Leo was skeptical. "Grandpa, you're not going to take this opportunity for revenge, are you?"

Hansen hesitated for a moment, genuinely considering the question. "Not this time."

trouble yourself, Grandpa.

himself. Brandishing his cane, he threatened,

was only hurt in two

from his room. "Grandpa, my leg wasn't broken before, but it's going to be if you keep hitting it with

pressure points will get the blood flowing, and your leg will heal in

yelled in protest. "Even if you've got a younger grandson now,

another beating. Anya couldn't bear to watch

to death, how do you expect your little grandson to make you a great-grandpa? Maybe in another life... ah." Downstairs, Mia

Poor thing.

finally remarking, "Your brother's got a point." The Cedillo family couldn't

leaning on his

with a leg more seriously injured

you eat." So she made Leo a dish of pork

who had been eyeing the pork knuckles eagerly. "Mia, when does Uncle get off work? I think I'll go to the office and work

Inc., Conner and Andre waited for news. "Why haven't we made a

situation earlier in the day, now took on a more serious demeanor as evening approached. "Don't we already know about the

"Who

aback. "There's

his friend. "One can't get in, the other can't get out. There's no trace of them on the dark web. The Walker family doesn't know about the feud between the Cedillo family and Finley,

Tom somehow learned about the Walker family's restless movements and wanted to join forces, he'd need to make contact and collaborate. So, how did he make that contact? And how did they collaborate? Even with VPN technology, it's nearly impossible to find

did he provide to make

spoken all day, pondering the numerous doubts. The "bridge-builder" certainly wasn't clean! If they were going to act, they'd do it thoroughly and in

understanding why Andre had been hesitant to

gotten to the

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