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."

side,

away, Brittany, holding Daniel's hand, approached

was worried, waiting for you to

chuckled softly.

a bedtime story. Indulging him, Brittany didn't get him

"Come here."

knew he had something on his

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

talent, perfectly inheriting it

"Dad, I'm sorry."

softened. "I've been causing

talk like that. Everything I do

it's an injustice to

for him, Brittany wouldn't have had

knelt before Yuri, and held his

the first to suffer. She had

out, patting her head, warmth transferring through his palm. "It's getting late, get some

and only when she felt sleepy did

talk of Craneville, with

became a

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