How could it be him?

Where's mom?

Yuri was right on their heels.

Eltham opened the passenger door, gently tapping Brittany on the shoulder. "Bri, we're here."

Brittany, deep in sleep, woke up with a murmur, lifting her hand to rub her eyes, unbuckling her seatbelt, and slowly getting out of the car. "Thanks for the ride home."

Eltham, ever the gentleman, folded the blanket neatly. "Get some rest early tonight."

"You too."

Seeing this, Daniel's eyes welled up with tears, and he rushed to Brittany's side, hugging her. "Mom, how come you're with Uncle Eltham?"

"Mom was at a dinner party with him tonight," Brittany gently pinched her son's cheek. "Say goodbye to Uncle Eltham."

Despite his dislike for Eltham, Daniel, in front of Brittany, still managed a polite, "Uncle Eltham, goodbye."

Eltham looked down, smiling gently. "Goodbye."

the driver's side, started the car, and

him drive away, Brittany, holding Daniel's hand, approached Yuri. "Dad, why

worried, waiting for you

chuckled softly. "Let's

a bedtime story. Indulging him, Brittany didn't get him to sleep until late into the night. Yuri was still up, sitting

"Come here."

had

today," Yuri said gravely. "You did well. Dad is proud of

a talent, perfectly inheriting

"Dad, I'm sorry."

"I've been causing you

my only daughter. Don't talk like that. Everything I do is

"About your engagement with Eltham, it's an injustice

had

reddened. She got up, knelt before Yuri, and held his hand. "Dad, thank you for

to suffer. She had hesitated,

transferring through his

she felt sleepy did she

talk of Craneville,

Brittany became a household

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