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.

been etched on his face relaxed, his tension easing for the

a steady, measured gaze, he checked the injury on his son's neck. The concern in his eyes

had the school doctor treat the wounds." "How can you say it's nothing? How did these wounds

a child's nails." Michelle wiped

even know if there could be any viruses under those nails? His neck is full of nerves, blood vessels, and even the major arteries. What if that child's nails carried something?

cornered, her mind racing. What had she hoped would be a small incident was now spiraling

down on her. Her small body flinched, instinctively shrinking back, trying to hide behind the nearest houseplant like it might protect her. Dominick, however, remained unaffected by the tension in the room. With a calmness that contrasted

treated. It looked minor. A sigh of relief escaped him

Grayson's little fight and injury at school, his expression had been so

worse. But now that he was seeing

so much. If the injury had really been that severe, the school would have sent him to the hospital already,

clutched at his neck, his

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