Chapter 20

Serena, her hands trembling, clutched the leaves of the houseplant nearby, her lips pressed tightly together, refusing to speak. What now? Will Mommy come? Will she be mad? I've only been in kindergarten for two days, and I've already caused trouble...

'And I hit Sonny... but I didn't mean to hurt him. He was the one helping that girl pick on me. That's why I scratched him. I don't want him to be my brother anymore. I don't like him anymore.'

The sound of footsteps outside grew louder, and before long, the door to the principal's office creaked open.

Stella was the first to look up, her eyes lighting up with surprise and joy as she saw Dominick. "Dominick," she cried, her voice bubbling with excitement.

She leaped off the couch and dashed toward him, her two pigtails bouncing with every step.

Dominick bent down and scooped her up into his arms. His gaze, however, immediately shifted toward Grayson, scanning him carefully.

had been etched on his face relaxed, his

Grayson. With a steady, measured gaze, he checked the injury on his son's neck. The concern in his eyes was palpable, his brow furrowed as

moment he was hurt, we had the school doctor treat

seems like it was caused by a child's nails." Michelle wiped a

viruses under those nails? His neck is full of nerves, blood

be a small incident was now spiraling into something much

flinched, instinctively shrinking back, trying to hide behind the nearest houseplant like

had been cleaned and treated. It looked minor. A sigh of relief escaped him as he

had told him about Grayson's little fight and injury at school, his expression had

now that he was seeing it

faced something like this as a father, and I overlooked so much. If the injury had really been that severe, the school would have sent him to the hospital already, not waited for

Grayson's small hands clutched at his neck, his face scrunched in pain and looking

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