Chapter 1200

"Can't she just take me with her?" Mason asked.

Damon hesitated. The kid was too smart for his own good.

"If you go with Mommy, what about me? I'd be all alone in this big house. Would

you really leave me here by myself?" Damon asked.

"You still have Lydia and everyone else," Mason answered.

"But they're not the same as you and Mommy. You and Mommy are the most important people to me," Damon explained.

Mason thought for a moment. "Then why don't you come with us?"

Damon sighed. "I can't. I have to run the company. If I leave, thousands of people

will lose their jobs. Would you want all those families to go hungry?"

"I don't... but I don't want Mommy to leave either," Mason replied.

"I don't want her to leave either. But she has to. So why don't you stay here with me and wait for her to return, okay?" Damon asked.

Mason wanted to refuse, but seeing his father's sad expression, he couldn't bring himself to say no.

Although Mason was more mature than other kids his age, he wasn't perceptive enough to realize Damon was guilt-tripping him into agreeing.

quickly changed the subject. "Let's not

been keeping the food

Mason to the dining table, she immediately served the dishes along with a

hadn't felt hungry before, but as soon as the

him down in a chair

then finally picked up his spoon and began

hour later, after finishing his meal, Damon carried him to the

going to call Mommy down now,

turned his head away, clearly

is leaving soon. Let's not

long silence, Mason

headed upstairs

she jumped up from her

the living room. You should go down," Damon

the

Mason, she spoke softly.

could

arms. "Mommy, I really don't want

Can't you stay

clenched,

either, but I have to. Buddy, while I'm gone, you have to listen to Daddy, okay? I'll

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