Chapter 253

Sophia hugged her tightly with a heart full of tenderness, gently stroking her shoulders and back, whispering soothing words into her ear.

"Everything's okay, sweetie, I'm here."

The soft comfort gradually calmed Theresa down.

The sobbing in her arms also slowly stopped.

But Theresa didn't get up, still cuddling Sophia like a little koala, reluctant to let go.

Sophia didn't rush her, just held her quietly, letting her cling on.

After a while, Theresa finally mustered the strength to lift her head from Sophia's embrace, her eyes and nose still a bit red, her little mouth pouting slightly in a sulk, but the tears had stopped.

Sophia pulled out a tissue and gently wiped away the remaining tears from Theresa's eyes before softly asking her, "Did something bum you out, Theresa?"

Theresa paused for a moment, as if digesting the words "bum you out," then nodded slightly. "Mhm."

"What's got you down?" Sophia inquired.

Theresa looked at her with a bit of a lost expression, unable to put her feelings into words.

Sophia encouraged her with a patient look, not hurrying her.

Theresa's language skills had developed super early.

She, along with Susan and Grace, had always consciously trained and nurtured her ability to speak, teaching her patiently about the world and guiding her to express herself.

Both Sophia and Brandon were the scholarly type, with sharp memories, and it seemed Theresa had inherited their smarts, showing signs of outshining them with her language and memory skills, even at her tender age.

But when it came to expressing complex emotions, Theresa was obviously still a rookie.

She pondered for a while, then said with a quivering lip, "Unkie."

softly asking her, "Did you see the

Theresa nodded. "Mhm."

you play with the

still nodding. "Mhm,

and the handsome uncle go

turned around, and pointed

the skyscraper Theresa pointed to, her brow furrowing slightly, and she

in the details for Theresa. "Mr. Crawley took her to his company, that the

Sophia fell silent.

frown,

was playing in the mall next door, and Mr. Crawley just happened to drive by. Theresa saw him and zoomed down the slide, running towards Mr. Crawley. He's a nice guy, got out of the car to give her a hug. He was going to leave, but Theresa seemed really attached, so Mr.

to Theresa and she softly asked,

the

liked to play in her studio, and

a company was, she

fun

Theresa nodded earnestly. "Mhm."

slid

to grab a bottle from her

"Unkie, milk," said Theresa.

"Did he

Theresa nodded seriously.

"Did you like it?"

Again, Theresa seriously nodded.

were you crying just now? Did you

hesitated, then shook her

"Then why the tears?"

dad..." Theresa's little mouth puckered

and she couldn't help but look at Theresa. "Did you run

me

situation at

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