Chapter 40
“Your dad’s gonna freak out, you know. Come on, let’s head back!” she pleaded with all the patience of a saint.
And to make matters worse, she never had kids, yet now even the doorman thought she had a three–year–old son! How on earth was she supposed to live this down?
“I’m not going.” Nate pouted stubbornly.
Without another word, he dragged a little stool over to Natalie and sat down. “Nate’s hungry.”
It was well past six, Natalie herself was famished, let alone the kid. She sighed, resigning herself to the situation, and told Nate firmly, “We’ll have dinner, but then you have to go home. No funny business.”
Reaching for her phone, she was about to order some takeout.
But then she glanced at the little boy with his pitiful puppy dog eyes, putting her phone away after thinking twice. She stood up, walked over to the fridge, and rummaged for some veggies and spaghetti.
She could make do with a quick bite from some delivery service, but the kid needed a proper meal.
After washing the veggies, she turned back to the living room and was stunned to find Nate had managed to turn on the TV, finding his way to the cartoon channel, and was now seriously engrossed in an animation.
Was her house haunted? Her TV had parental controls. How did he crack them?
She paused for a few seconds, then shook her head with a self–deprecating smile. Maybe she’d forgotten to lock it.
She whipped up a quick spaghetti with tomatoes. As the water in the pot began to boil for the pasta, she pulled out her phone again.
She didn’t have the Howard family’s contact information, but she remembered ‘Brian’s old number.
saved. For a long time, he was the only one she ever called. That string of digits was like a tattoo
of minutes, she dialed the
a deep breath, she held the phone to her ear.
About ten seconds later, a deep and familiar voice answered.
her lip, then said, “It’s me, Natalie. Your son’s with me.” After she quickly explained
was silent for a few seconds before replying, “He
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I’ll let the family know.”
“But…”
now.” And
too casual. Didn’t he worry she might kidnap his son and demand a
pot almost boiled over. Natalie scrambled to turn off the gas and sighed as she served up the pasta and scrambled eggs.
someone on the entertainment
glanced at the TV. It was showing a live entertainment broadcast, with
lied. He really was
his left ear. He must have been at the event when he took her call,
took another look at the glamorous woman by his side, then nonchalantly said to Nate, “Time
little legs, exclaiming,
less–than–picture–perfect scrambled eggs and raised an eyebrow. This kid must be buttering her up. Even that dish got
climbed onto the chair, waiting politely for Natalie to serve him. As he
once more, turning to look at Nate.
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