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“Mommy, Mina said your pendant was so pretty, so I wanted to show it to her. But then she said she really liked it…”

Richard’s voice cracked, his small frame trembling. “Mommy, I’m sorry!”

With that, he burst into tears, his sobs echoing through the room like a thunderstorm.

Cecilia pouted, her eyes glinting with mischief. “Mommy, Richie’s got a crush on Mina.”

Kaia was floored.

Richard is only five years old. How could he get a crush?

“Richie, is Cici telling the truth?” she asked, her tone a mix of disbelief and curiosity.

Richard nodded, tears streaming down his cheeks. “But

Mommy, I don’t like Mina anymore! I’ll go get the pendant back!”

Kaia took a deep breath, kneeling to meet his gaze.

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“Richard, listen. First, lying is never okay.

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“Second, even though I’m your mom, you can’t just take my things without asking. If you want to borrow something from home, you need our permission, got it?

“And third, you never take things from outside unless they’re paid for. Understand?”

Richard sniffled, nodding solemnly. “I’m sorry, Mommy. I know I messed up. You can punish me. I won’t eat tonight!”

Kaia shook her head.

“No cartoons for a week,” she declared firmly.

Richard’s eyes widened, his world crumbling.

“Mommy!” he wailed, as if she’d banished his entire universe.

Kaia wasn’t fooled. Richard had just scarfed down yogurt that afternoon, so skipping dinner was his sneaky way of avoiding real punishment.

Richard shot Cecilia a resentful glance.

Cecilia hummed, fishing two gold pendants from her pocket

ith a smug grin.

with

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so popular. Breck gave me

Kaia’s jaw dropped. “What?!”

insisted!” Cecilia chirped, her innocence almost too perfect. “I tried to say no, but they wouldn’t

Lucien strolling in and waved him over frantically. “Lucien, get over here! I can’t handle

hopeless romantic, and the

there, practically preening

was at her

apologize to her classmates for accepting their expensive

with Mina Ramos‘ father, who kept bowing

said with a warm smile. “Kids will be kids. My boy’s got some learning to

crouched down to Mina’s level, holding out a sparkly

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pout melted into a

you! I

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is coming out

solemnly.

H

car, Lucien pulled out

are from

“Are those for Cici, or

gifts—a sleek black fountain pen and a

slid an arm around her waist, pulling her

“Jealous, darling?”

brushing him off, “As if.”

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not jealous.

Cici knows she messed up. I’ll have another talk with Richie

nodded. “Sounds good. You handle

ago: when one parent disciplined, the other stayed out of

the kids,

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caught wind of Cecilia’s “gold” fiasco and couldn’t resist teasing, “Lucien, I hear that gold

He hated it when they brought

thirty–nine, and his wife was

looking

men bicker, rolled her eyes. “They’re all middle–aged men and

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mouth, smirking. “Who knows what gets into

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the nanny was keeping an eye on the three

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