That put Steven in a difficult position. "But Mommy Jessie's pregnant.
It's not safe for her to pick you up from school, "It didn't matter how Holly was.
Even she became slightly annoyed at
Steven's refusal to bear the responsibility
of collecting Zachary,"
In other words, you're not free to pick up
Zachary, and your wife is also unable to come due to her health."
"Yeah…" replied a sheepish Steven.
Holly couldn't understand how such an
irresponsible parent could exist.
"Well, what do you plan on doing about your
child?"
Steven didn't know how to answer her question, so he stayed silent.
The two remained in that stalemate for
a while.
Ultimately, Zachary was the one who broke
the silence and offered a solution.
"Daddy, how about we ask Ms. Dawson
to send me home for now?"
"Good idea!" Steven eagerly replied.
"Thank you for your troubles, Ms. Dawson."
So unreasonable!
Holly felt the strong urge to roll her eyes.
In her many years of teaching,
this was her first time encountering such
an parent.
That said, she still sent Zachary home for his safety. She even phoned the kindergarten's
principal to update the latter about the state
of Zachary's family.
Zachary unlocked the door with his fingerprint and stood at the doorway to bid goodbye
to Holly. Once Holly left, he walked into the
living room, shut the door, and shouted,
"Mommy!"
He figured Jessica had to be home since
Steven mentioned it was unsafe for her to go out earlier. Yet, nobody responded to him, no matter how much he called out.
Not to mention, only the living room lights
were on. The lights in the other rooms were
off. He returned to his bedroom, took out his
iPad, and wanted to call Jessica to ask where she was. Yet, he had just opened the
Instagram app when he saw a new post from Jessica.
He clicked on the post, which had just been
uploaded. It was a photo of Jessica playing
outdoors with Cody. Only then did Zachary
realize Jessica was too busy keeping
Cody company to care about him.
"But Mommy Jessie would always bring me along if she ever took Cody out to play before my biological mom and dad got divorced…
Why are things different now?"
Zachary wondered, unable to understand
Jessica's sudden change.
Zane was still driving on the road.
Willow rested against the car window, her big, doe eyes focusing on the view outside.
She seemed to notice something and
suddenly whipped her head around with tears in her eyes. Then, she snuggled into
my arms.
She murmured in a way that sounded like she was down in the dumps. "Mommy…"
I thought she was unwell and immediately
asked, "What's wrong?"
"Daddy has never taken me shopping at
a grocery store before."
Willow softly complained,
"I often hear my classmates in kindergarten
talking about how their parents take them shopping
every few days…"
She raised her head to gaze at me.
"Well, we're a family, too. Shouldn't we
Before she could finish speaking,
Zane turned at the next intersection. He then parked at the nearest mall's basement
parking.
Zane wanted to Impress Willow so she would love him more. So, after doing all of that,
he even made sure to declare his intentions." Daddy will always do whatever you want with you."
"Yay!" Willow hopped out of the car before
urging us to join her. "Hurry up, Mommy and Daddy!"
It was probably rare for Zane to see Willow
this energized. He couldn't help but share
a look with me, which prompted me to join him outside the car Willow held my hand and
immediately told us what to do.
"I saw that many parents would say no whenever their kids want to buy something.
Let's try doing that later!"
an unusual request, but I wanted to fulfill her wishes. "Alright."
This mall was the biggest one nearby.
It had three floors, with a grocery store on the first–floor, and sold all sorts of items. Willow picked a shopping cart with a built–in child's seat before stating straight at Zane.