The Quadruplets Are Mine?

“Oh,” the owner finally snapped back to reality. “You’re looking for Kendra. She took the afternoon off.”

“Took off?” Abel furrowed his brow. “Is everything okay with her?”

Emmeline, standing behind him, grew tense. Kendra and Quincy, could something be wrong?

“Her daughter had a high fever,” the owner said. “She went to the hospital for an IV drip.”

“Do you know which hospital?” Abel asked.

“The private one across the street,” the owner pointed a finger.

Abel turned around and walked towards the door, with Emmeline hurrying to keep up with him.

Kendra and Quincy were alone and vulnerable, and Emmeline couldn’t bear the thought of something happening to them. She hurried across the street to the small private hospital and found the pediatric observation room.

Sure enough, she saw Kendra holding Quincy in her arms, with an IV drip in her head as she slept soundly.

Then, a pair of shiny leather shoes appeared in Kendra’s line of sight.

Without guessing, she knew who it was.

Kendra suddenly looked up.

Abel?” Kendra tried to sit up and hold Quincy, but the IV

Abel pressed her back

us here?” Kendra was a

the ravioli shop,” Abel said. “I told you to call me if you have any

fine,” Kendra lowered her eyes, tears welling up in them. “Quin just has a cold. You don’t have

of bitterness. “Although you used to work for me, we’re still

“but now that Ms. Emmeline is gone, things have changed. It’s better

have changed?” Abel furrowed his brow.

she’s not Ms. Emmeline,” Kendra said. “I don’t want anyone to misunderstand,

know that there’s nothing between me

concern,” Kendra lowered her eyelashes. “With Ms. Emmeline here, the Precipice was still my home, but with other women coming in now that

said. “Can you come

head and asked bitterly, “To serve Evelyn? She wants to take Ms.

stood behind Abel, listening to the conversation with a sour feeling in her nose and tears welling up in her eyes. She quickly turned her head

this young man. He’s going to stay with me for a while, and

to “Emmett”. When she saw him, she was first stunned, then said, “This

Emmeline nodded hastily, “a real

young man,” Kendra said. “If you shave that beard off, you’d look like

beard precisely because people kept mistaking me for a