Luca thought she should just leave them now, but she was too reluctant to do so.

Such conflicting thoughts made her feel defeated.

At least she knew what she needed back then, but right now, she could no longer figure out what she needed.

Luca gently pushed away Tommy who was clinging to her and stood up.

This was the first time Luca pushed Tommy away. He lifted his head and looked at her with some confusion. “Ms. Luca?"

Luca explained while concealing her feelings, "It's almost dinner time. I'm going to prepare dinner first."

Tommy watched her walk into the kitchen and looked at Luke, feeling sensitive. "Daddy, did I say something wrong to make Ms. Luca unhappy?"

Luke shook her head. He noticed that something was wrong with Luca's emotions, but it was not because of the children. He reckoned she must be having a hard time now due to the different emotions surging within her.

He wanted to help her, but what could he do if she refused to talk?

"Daddy, go ahead and cheer her up." Rainie pushed Luke's hand gently. She thought Luca was tired of a bunch of children surrounding her.

Luke knew what she had in her mind and emphasized, "She has always loved all of you. It's not what you think it is."

Rainie nodded.

Luke stood up and said, "I'm going to find out what's the matter."

He entered the kitchen as he said that.

Luca took the ingredients out of the fridge that the cleaning lady bought when she came to the house. She was thinking about what she should prepare for the children.

Luke leaned on the kitchen door and asked, "What happened at the police station?"

was deep in

I didn't mean to."

for dinner and got lost in thought..." Luca put the ingredients that she

and continued to ask, “Did you get bullied at the police station?" "No. They don't have any evidence. There's

about what had happened at the police station, she must be thinking about the

had always been a question deep down in Luke's heart. What was being held against

Luke was still standing there, so she asked, "Mr. Crawford,

to comfort you." Luke directly told her that he was just doing

let out a sigh. She felt amused and helpless when Luke straightforwardly replied to

afraid

to be watched by him, but there was a hint of uneasiness

as though they could see

"Watching you make

countertop, getting ready to clean them

wife," said Luke. He noticed her body tensing up when he said the word. "She used to cook for the kids back then. And the kids loved her cooking too. They always finished

with her back facing Luke. Only she knew how stiff

cooks the food, right?" She tried hard

who cooked them. That's the only time they finish eating everything even though they don't

and that's why the kids enjoy it." Luca watched the water running from the

anything more when he

father immediately when they saw him return,

be cooking your dinner if she's

attentive and sensitive. When the adults said it was nothing, she knew it might not really be

dishes after dinner. Luca headed upstairs, planning to continue with

called her on the phone once

at the string of numbers on the phone screen and sighed. Did he

would he call her whenever she was enjoying these blissful illusions, reminding her of the cruel reality and how she would

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