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She hugged her and kissed her, “Okay, don’t be angry…”

Isabella was still very upset, but seeing Maggie kiss her, half of her anger subsided, and she felt even more aggrieved.

She suddenly started crying and made another request, “Then… you… you can’t hug her anymore, and you can’t say she’s cute!”

Maggie finally understood why she was upset.

It turned out, she was jealous.

Although she didn’t want Maggie to be her mom anymore, when someone else tried to take

her place, she wasn’t happy.

She found it a bit amusing.

Not answering directly, Maggie kissed her again and comforted her, pulling both children a

little further away from the crowd.

Isabella took the opportunity to push Tommy out of Maggie’s arms.

Tommy was very well–behaved. Although she liked Maggie, she didn’t have such strong possessiveness over her.

Moreover, Isabella looked fierce, so Tommy was a bit scared of her.

Maggie held Isabella and softly said, “Bella, Mommy knows you’re feeling cool right now, but everyone has different tastes.

You like being cool and handsome, but some people also like being sweet and cute, like

Tommy.

You can’t say others are ugly or disgusting just because their tastes are different from

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– do you understand what Mommy is

knew that her daughter was very smart.

might be hard for other kids to understand, but Isabella would certainly

1. it.

Isabella

what she had said

couldn’t stand seeing Maggie being nice to other

She pouted, silent.

her hair and gently wiped her tears with a handkerchief, “It’s okay

as long as you correct them. But you can’t

alright?”

Maggie was still being so kind to her, Isabella calmed down a

nodded, sniffling, “Got it.”

kissed her cheek, then turned to Tommy, “Tommy, this is Bella,

knows she was wrong. Will you forgive her?”

Isabella, but since Maggie was so gentle

nodded obediently, “Mm, I will.”

and looked at

do?”

from Maggie’s arms,

shyly smiled, “It’s… it’s okay…”

breathed a sigh of relief and

the classroom.

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homeroom teacher led Tommy away, and Maggie squatted down to look

saying, “Alright, it’s all good now. Let’s go to the classroom, okay?”

others might think about her pushing

wasn’t the type to

what the other kids thought of her.

go of Maggie. She held on tight and whispered,

“Mom…”

hugged her back, “What’s

“I want –

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hadn’t had Maggie’s cooking in a while and suddenly