Karen, the rookie mom, was still all thumbs despite having had a trial run with Abigail and Langston. Luckily, having Dorothy around made her postpartum anxiety a bit more bearable.

When Everett and Jeffrey got back, Dorothy was cradling the baby, and Karen had just dozed off from sheer exhaustion.

"How cyou didn't get a nanny? You should be taking it easy." Everett said, his concern for his lady evident as he approached. Dorothy chuckled, "The little one likes me, and besides, Karen wouldn't feel at ease handing her off to a stranger." "I'll hold him!" Jeffrey, not wanting to disturb Karen's sleep, stepped forward and reached out to Dorothy.

over to Jeffrey, trying not to laugh

whole different ball game! "Everything sorted on your

head back." As Dorothy stood up, she couldn't help

didn't speak,

that he finally broke the silence, "Dorothy, I regret not being there for Abigail and Langston when they were born." Seeing Jeffrey's cautious way with

big deal." Dorothy reassured him with a smile. "Honestly, I never expected them to warm up to you so quickly, especially Langston!" Langston thought a lot. With Dorothy being away so often, his view of a father figure was skewed, almost

he couldn't guess, but rather... he dared not believe! That revelation was just too unexpected and too joyful! "Yeah... I never saw it coming either." At

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