Ditched Cheating Alpha, I Led My Daughter to Life's Peak novel Chapter 175

"What about basketball?" she asks.

"Huh?"

"Basketball," She says flatly. She does the dribbling motion.

He grimaces. "Oh." He sits up a little straighter. "Well about that... my brothers actually prefer that one so..."

"Well, as you can see we are black people, so..." She bats her eyes.

Silence. And Michael called me the brat.

"Walmart boy!" Charlie cheers without warning, somehow at the perfect time.

Carson's spirits return again. "Oh yeah." He smiles. "That's where we met, right?"

Charlie nods.

"How have you been, little buddy?" Carson reaches over to give him a high five.

"Awesome!" Charlie cheers, high fiving him back. "How are you?"

Uh oh, I know where this is going. I try to warn Carson, but it's too late.

"Good. Thanks for asking," he says, leading to his doom.

"Legos?" Charlie asks with big, cheerful eyes.

Carson's happiness turns to confusion. "I'm... I'm sorry?"

Charlie's face falls. "You came from Walmart..." His eyes narrow. "You don't have legos?"

Carson looks at me quickly, then back at Charlie, then back at me. "You didn't say I needed to bring legos." He stares at me wide-eyed.

"You don't," I say. Michael gives me an, 'Are you sure?' expression.

Like clockwork, "Mia," Charlie cries, dropping out of his seat and running to my side. He reaches for me to pick him up.

I sigh and do as he wants, pulling him into my arms. "Charmander, he didn't know you wanted legos. Give him a break."

"I'll bring them next time." Carson smiles uneasily.

"There won't be a next time." Charlie glares over my shoulder. "Liars get their footsies hurt with legos, Carson."

"Charlie." I think we all gasp at that one, especially Carson.

Mom gives Charlie a look. "What did I tell you about threatening people's footsies with legos?"

That sends Charlie into more hysterics. "Make him go away," he cries in my arms. "He has nothing to offer us!"