Chapter 249

Grace was just chilling on the side when she saw Theresa suddenly bolt towards the road like a bat out of hell, scaring the living daylights out of her. Grace's face went ghost white and she hightailed it over, hollering as she ran, "Theresa, stop!"

But Theresa, usually obedient, acted as if she was deaf to the world and sprinted even harder.

Brandon hopped out of his ride and flashed Grace the universal "hold up" sign as he went to intercept Theresa. He squatted in front of the incoming missile and caught her in his arms.

Theresa threw herself into Brandon's embrace, her chubby little arms latching onto his neck like there was no tomorrow, chirping and buzzing with excitement.

Brandon couldn't help but catch the excitement bug from her. He scooped her up and asked with a softened tone, "Did you have a blast with Grace today?"

Theresa nodded seriously, "Yeah."

"And what did Theresa get up to, huh?" Brandon asked, voice all mellow.

Theresa pointed at the slide and gave Brandon the lowdown, "Went down the slide. And,"

She twisted around to point at the merry-go-round, "The carousel."

Brandon glanced at the carousel and quizzed her, "Was it fun?" "Super fun."

to Brandon, a puzzled look on her face as

she was curious about where he'd been these past few days. He was kind of touched that she remembered him, and his voice softened even more, "I

at him with big,

wouldn't make a lick of sense to a kid. So Brandon went with

looked at him

"But only if Mommy and Daddy

part, but she understood "Mommy"

help but chuckle, "You haven't even asked your mom, and you

played claw machine, Mommy wasn't

bit taken aback by

but the kiddo took it to heart. Worried that Brandon didn't believe her, she quickly offered, "For

he knew it, she was scrambling to get down from his arms to hunt down Grace for

her frantic little face and quickly reassured her, "I believe Theresa." Theresa finally relaxed

question, the excitement in her eyes faded to unease,

made Brandon take a second look at her. Theresa, maybe spooked by his gaze, had her eyes wide with

this and moved in, ready to scoop up Theresa and said to Brandon, "Let me

to reality, gave Grace a sheepish grin, and then turned to Theresa with eyes full of tenderness and apology, "Did I scare you,

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