The door opened, and Jay snapped back to reality as he sat up straight on the couch.
Zoe brought Yelena out. "Yelena wants to go to the playground for a while."
She could not stand Yelena's whining any longer.
Since they just moved here, they didn't bring much of Yelena's toys. She gave Yelena her phone to use but Yelena got bored of it after a while and insisted on going downstairs to play.
When they were on their way here, Jay mentioned that there was a playground for the children in this district, and Yelena kept it in mind.
"Okay, I'll bring her there." Jay picked up his walking stick and stood up.
"No, you've been running around the whole day. I'll go instead. I can also take Yelena around the neighborhood and get to know our way around," Clara immediately said.
"Thank you." Jay did not insist on his way.
He had done a lot of work today.
Of course, most importantly, he wanted to explain everything to Zoe.
"It's no trouble at all, go be busy. Yelena, come with me to the playground."
"Yay, we can finally go out!" Yelena dashed happily to the door.
The infectious joy of children made a smile break across Jay's face.
After Yelena and Clara left, Zoe asked, "They've left?"
"Yes." Jay nodded before adding, "I'm sorry."
Zoe was stunned for a moment before saying, "It's fine, you can call the shots."
Zoe had expected this, although she did not expect Nancy to come charging at them so soon.
But it was only a matter of time, and she had mentally prepared herself.
Nevertheless, she refused to face up against Nancy. She had agreed with Jay that he would be the one to deal with her.
Zoe turned around to leave.
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