Luca sighed when she thought that Tommy would have to go home soon. She sat down next to him and watched the cartoon with him.

“Tommy, has your Daddy been very busy recently?” She tried to find out something from Tommy while they watched the cartoon together.

“Daddy is always very busy,” Tommy answered, though his eyes were transfixed on the television. He did not suspect anything.

Luca hugged a pillow in her arms and continued to ask, “What about your Mommy? Does she know that you’re here to have dinner every day?”

“Mommy?” Tommy thought about his mother and shook his head. “I didn’t tell her. Daddy said that she’s traveling overseas and told us not to disturb her while she’s having fun.”

Luca knew that Luke had deceived the children, but they did not seem to miss her.

She could tell that the impostor Bianca did not love or care for the children. If the impostor Bianca had shown them the least bit of care, things would not have turned out this way.

Tommy turned his head and asked Luca, “Ms. Luca, do you think that I should tell Mommy about this?”

Luca shook her head. “No. I was only curious. You ought to listen to your Daddy. I’m just wondering if you and your elder siblings miss your Mommy because she’s gone for so long.”

“We don’t miss her at all,” Tommy answered without thinking. “Mommy doesn’t like any of us, and she won’t take care of us, unlike the Mommies of other kids.”

Luca’s heart wrenched when she heard Tommy answer the question so readily.

A child as young as him should have been cared for and protected by his parents. Abel’s plan had robbed the three children of the motherly love they deserve.

Luke would not be able to make up for it no matter how hard he tried!

Luca stroked the child’s head. “Maybe your Mommy has her reasons.”

like this before. Mommy used to treat us like how you’re treating me now. Whenever Lanie and Rainie came home from school, she would prepare a plate of fruit for them so that

boy’s complaints toward the

mind of his own, and he would remember how his mother had treated him. Luca hoped that his experiences with his mother would not affect his self-esteem

to the child, but she could not make the words come out of her

The doorbell rang.

was already

on her slippers and went to answer the door. The person standing outside the door was not Sean but Luke, which surprised Luca. If he was truly holding the impostor Bianca captive, she must be suffering from the effects of the poison by

Crawford,” Luca sniffled and said

bloodshot eyes. “Have you

here to pick Tommy up?” She opened the door fully to let the

He noticed that it was almost time, so he told Sean that he

so he hopped off the couch and picked up his backpack. “Why are you here instead of

Ms. Luca’s house was along the way,” Luke said. He took Tommy’s

speak much today, but that did not make Luca relieved. Instead, she had an ominous

Bianca was about to

did not have any sympathy for that woman. After all, she did not deserve any

away, he turned around and waved to Luca.

Luca waved

abruptly stopped walking and turned around to speak to her, “I’ll pay you Tommy’s expenses at the end of every month. Does this arrangement work

to send Tommy over to have dinner every evening. Even if it

her head. After all, she did not intend to collect

pay you at the end of the month. Just

but said

on giving her something, she had no chance of

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