I couldn’t help but feel indignant.

Right before the elevator doors closed, Ashton caught up with a gloating smile playing on his lips.

I rolled my eyes at him and refused to speak throughout it all.

As soon as the elevator stopped, I stepped out without hesitation, went to the car, picked Audrey up, and sat inside.

“Mommy, what did you leave behind?” Audrey asked innocently.

Her question left me even more exasperated. I’m pretty sure I left my dignity behind.

“Nothing.” The last thing I wanted to do was recall the reactions of those store employees. Hence, I hastily changed the topic. “Let’s go home now, okay? I’m exhausted and don’t have the energy to talk anymore.” I purposely inserted a whine in my tone.

“Mm, okay!” Audrey got down from my lap and sat obediently. Mimicking the way adults spoke, she instructed Joseph, “Mr. Campbell, you may drive now!”

Ashton bent over to get into the car just in time to hear Audrey’s words, casting her a wounded expression as he settled down in his seat, as though saying, “Don’t you want your father anymore?”

her tongue at him and cheekily hid behind Summer, pretending

as John. At

son-in-law just for the fun of it, but

way to cure him of his unhealthy

didn’t realize we arrived home until after a good few

I noticed several trucks parked in

making their way out, so I surmised that they were already

avoid coming when

when I returned to the bedroom on the second floor at night, every trace of happiness was wiped from

a day, but Ashton’s master bedroom had been expanded to double its original size and was

in the room was replaced by an excessively enormous one. If it wasn’t for the elaborate

bolted in and flopped onto it with her slippers still on. “Wow! There’s

watched the scene before them. Similar to

ignorant one in this family, who

persuade her. “Audrey, we haven’t seen each other for so long. Why don’t you sleep with

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