Sweet Mischief’s Rollercoaster Romance

Chapter 838

Hansen was feeling a bit bored, so he handed his phone over to Mia, asking her to hook him up with one of those short video apps. He'd gotten into the habit of checking it out during his downtime, even catching a few musicals here and there, trying to keep tabs on what the younger crowd is into these days.

As Mia was setting up the app for him, she couldn't help but tease, "Dad, you're picking up all the bad habits."

Gaming, gambling, scrolling through endless short videos; binge-watching shows, eating way too much, and staying up all night. It seemed like the generation gap was shrinking fast.

But Mr. Johnson? He was feeling a bit lost, with his wife and dad throwing around slang he couldn't make heads or tails of.

Hansen decided to give his daughter a call, "Hey, can you see me? Where are you?"

"I'm on vacation," Hansen replied. "It got too hot this afternoon, so I came back to chill for a bit." Just before drifting off, he noticed something about his daughter. "What's going on? Where are you?"

"The factory caught on fire, Dad. I can't chat now, I'll check it out once the fire's out."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, don't go in there, just stay out."

Molly replied confidently, "Relax, I'm with Mom."

After hanging up, Molly was ready to follow Coleen inside, but Coleen stopped her at the door, "Stay put, don't move."

"I'm going in too," Molly insisted.

"Keep arguing and I'll smack your hands!"

Molly was speechless. Usually, she could handle her mom's scolding, but with Annie right there, it was embarrassing.

Annie chuckled softly, understanding that Molly wanted to follow her mom to feel safer. She chimed in, "Coleen, maybe you should stay out too. Let the police handle it."

Coleen hesitated,

Let's just wait together. Rushing in won't help, and you always tell me off for wanting to do the same." Coleen sighed, "Will you

"Not

Coleen soon got a call from

been sleeping soundly that afternoon, likely because his family was nearby. He had dreamt of playing with his wife and kid, wearing clothes

It was his dad.

"Hey, Dad."

your sister's place. I saw Molly on a video-she mentioned a factory fire and was talking about going inside. Think something's up with the Byrne family?"

a bit out of

right here," Andre caught

I sent you the video. Go stop your sister before she does something dumb. That girl, always diving in

the fire and all, who knew if it was safe? Honestly, I question if she's really mine, not

off, "Grandma Aubree and Grandpa Elmer are with you, don't mention this to them, no

you rest here, I'll be

still groggy, asked, "Where are you

fire, I'm heading over. Don't worry,

dressed, kissed his wife on the forehead,

first concern was her husband, "Please, don't go inside. Fires can

and our kid,

loved

rock, and if something happened to him, they'd be the ones to

as he headed out, Andre arrived to find Molly getting a lecture from her mom, "Trying to sneak in, Molly? When did you become so rebellious?" Coleen hadn't noticed Molly's curiosity had led her to peek through a window,

in the act, Coleen wasted no time in

walked up, and Molly immediately perked up. "Mom, Andre's here,

soon as Andre arrived, Coleen filled him in on

"Stay behind this line, not a

it weren't for keeping up appearances, she'd have

wasn't climbing in. I was just curious about the damage." Andre threw another glance her way, and Molly quickly looked down, too nervous to speak. Before long, Easton and