Dorothy remained silent.

Surprisingly, Everett didn’t push her for an answer. Or perhaps, deep down, he already knew what it was.

Truth be told, even if Dorothy hadn’t asked Karen to break the news in advance, Kenneth knew a day like this would come eventually.

After all, the children weren’t really his. Everett wouldn’t let him play dad forever.

In a few hours, Dorothy and Everett would be landing at Eldorria City Airport.

Kenneth watched as the living room bustled, the two kids dressed and ready to go with Karen to pick them up. A complex mix of emotions brewed inside him.

Karen was ruffling Abigail’s hair, laughing and chasing after the kids. She looked up and caught Kenneth’s pained expression.

“Hey, you munchkins, keep playing. Aunt Karen needs to chat with Kenneth for a sec.”

She gave Abigail’s head a gentle pat before walking over to Kenneth.

eating you up,

twisted into a half-smile. “Like I

they get the security footage from Byte 7

picture, Kenneth should have felt a twinge of joy at

his concern

be in real

seriously thought about convincing her to drop it, to just let

agree to that. Her mom’s death was so sudden. It’s been her driving force ever

worked multiple jobs through the toughest of student days, all to pay for her mom’s

mom seemed to be getting better post-surgery, the news of her death came

kind of loss

murder was an

hate ruin her life,

his voice serious as he asked, “If it

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