The sisters fell silent. After three seconds, they blurted out together, "Anya!" They exchanged a satisfied nod, clearly thrilled with their little scheme.

By the doorway, the man listened to their plotting, watched their backs as they walked away, then quietly turned and headed back to his study.

The next day, Anya was back again, ready to find her own little "paradise."

Come evening, it was Leo's turn to demand his slice of "paradise."

With an armful of stuffed animals, Mia and Molly looked at each other. "Anya, come here. Auntie Mia and Auntie Molly have something to tell you."

And so, the three of them slipped away right under Andre's nose.

Even Chad couldn't help but ask, "Andre, what are those two scheming now?"

Andre gritted his teeth and took a long breath. "Chad, from now on, let's take turns coming home. You do Monday, Wednesday, Friday-I'll take Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday."

Hansen, busy playing mahjong, piped up, "What about Sundays?"

Lately, Hansen had switched to mahjong, since he kept losing at cards and his kids refused to top up his game tokens. The endless ads made him grumpy, but at least mahjong let him play a bit longer before he ran out of luck.

overheard the kids'

at his dad. "You get

stared at him,

muttered, "Some son you are. You drag your wife and her wild ideas back here to

She nodded solemnly. "Don't worry, Auntie Mia, Auntie Molly. I'm your

pat. "Sweetheart, next time around, make sure you're

was not about to let Leo have all the

later, in the living room, Henry called out,

coming, baby! Sis is on her

Ash hung off her big

was especially clingy with her sister -she wouldn't even sleep unless her

type, the other took after

Andre? Each grabbed a light jacket, tossed it

was warm anyway-no risk of the boys catching cold on

husbands and kids,

was finally starting

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