Chapter 598:

“Besides, you handled it well. Joy is fine now, right?”

“Fine?” Melba pointed to Joy, who appeared distressed. “No, she’s frightened.”

Seeing the tears welling in Melba’s eyes, Hadley realized just how rattled she truly was.

“Melba, why don’t you take a breather? I’ll look after Joy. I can help her settle down.”

“Okay.” Melba nodded. “Joy feels closest to you. Just being near you will help her forget the scare.”

“You’re right,” Hadley said, offering a gentle smile.

That night, as Hadley bathed Joy in the soothing warmth of the bathroom, she placed Joy’s favorite rubber duck in the tub. But Joy didn’t giggle as she usually did.

Hadley sensed that something was seriously amiss.

“My dear Joy, is something bothering you today?”

up, her big eyes blinking, hesitant to

twinge of anxiety. “What’s troubling you, Joy?

head. Though young, she sensed that her question might disturb her mother, which was why she had kept it bottled

both a mom and a dad, right? With both a mom and a dad, that’s how

her mind momentarily blank as the question hung in the

never imagined that Joy’s worries

𝙁𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢: g⍺𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⫶ⅽ𝗼𝗺

her first breath, Hadley

from love between

harbored resentment toward

the issue, never

was destined to happen

eyes shimmered with unshed tears as she tugged at her mother’s sleeve. “Do I have a dad

and she managed

brightened. “Mom, where is Dad? Why hasn’t he ever come to see me? Doesn’t

if it might

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