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Krista put her arm around Emery to protect him and said,
“Terrence, the kid is still young, don’t be so harsh. Emery was
left at the McConnell’s manor by you guys lately, and none of
you took care of him. He reached out to me, and I saw he was
really upset. I knew you guys were studying, so I picked him up
after school and brought him back. If my coming here is what’s
making your family so unhappy, I’ll leave right now. Just don’t
blame Emery for it.”
Krista gently wiped Emery’s tears and said to him, “Silly kid, be
good, don’t cry. You’re just a little kid, your mom and dad won’t
really be mad at you. I’ve got something to do, I’ll go now. Be
good at home, okay?”
“Krista, could you not leave?”
Kids were just like that. They thought if there was someone else
at home, mom and dad wouldn’t scold them in front of others.
But deep down, they were still afraid of their dad.
Krista saw that Terrence didn’t try to make her stay, so she said,
“I really have something to do. I’ll come see you when I have
time. Emery, bye.””
Krista got up and just left too.
Krista didn’t look very happy either.
The atmosphere at home was even worse.
Terrence felt a kind of unspeakable discomfort. In the past, he
thought starting a new family wasn’t that hard. His home had
always been warm and harmonious. Now this home was
getting less and less like what he liked.
Terrence had a straight face, and Emery stood next to him with
his head down, looking scared that Terrence might scold him.
He looked pretty pitiful.
Terrence also felt a bit sorry for him. After all, it was his own
son. He pulled him over to the sofa and sat down, hugged him
with care, and patiently said, “You should be nicer to your mom,
okay? Your mom really didn’t do that. If you say that about her,
won’t it hurt her feelings?”
“Dad.” Emery looked up, still feeling wronged, “But it seemed
like Mom didn’t like me anymore.”
“There wasn’t a mom who didn’t like her own kid.”
Terrence had wanted to talk things out with Emery for a long
time, but he never got the chance. Lately, things at home were a
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mess, and he got hurt, so he got even busier.
“Dad, was what you said true?”
“Well, but love was mutual. If she could feel your love for her,
she would naturally respond to you.”
Emery thought for a moment and said, “I’ll apologize to her
when we have dinner later.””
Terrence patted his son’s little head and said, “That’s more like a
good boy. You can’t be rude to Mom anymore, or I’ll get mad. Go
do your homework first.”
Emery took his backpack and went back to his room. He sat at
his desk and thought about how his mom looked when she was
talking just now.
Actually, as long as mom could talk, it was good too.
Mom was also very pretty, she was really good at paper cutting,
and last time she was even the main judge for a kids‘ quilting
contest…
Thinking about kids‘ quilting, Emery frowned again. That day,
his mom even made fun of him on purpose and made him lose.
the prize.
doing his homework.
Terrence walked out to the balcony and lit a cigarette.
Raising kids and keeping a good family wasn’t as easy as he
thought.
