"We're family, so why would I keep anything from you?" Hanson stroked Vania's hair and said, "A lot has happened today. You must be exhausted. Let's go home."
"Okay." Vania settled back into her seat and closed her eyes.
Hanson had always enjoyed the thrill of high speeds, but this time, he slowed down without even noticing.
A grand Rolls-Royce began crawling down the road at a snail's pace.
An elderly man riding a bicycle sped past the car and stared disdainfully at the car. Hah, it's not even as fast as me on the bicycle, he thought to himself before picking up speed and vanishing from Hanson's sight.
However, Hanson did not notice it at all. He continued to inch his way home.
After one whole hour, the car finally pulled into Haling Villa.
As soon as the car came to a stop, Vania was startled awake and saw the familiar house outside. "We're home."
"Mmhmm."
Vania stretched and commented, "That was fast." She thought they had only taken a little over ten minutes.
Hanson would not be the one who told her that he had caused a traffic jam with how slow he had been driving.
He got out and opened the door for her, and he even wanted to carry her into the house.
Vania laughed and swatted his hand away. "Watch it. Behave yourself in front of the kids."
Hanson muttered grumpily, "Fine."
He began to fantasize about finding a way to send the six cumbersome children into outer space.
At the same time, the four children were tapping away on their devices to fill Morales and Morgan in about the conflict between Vania and Melanie.
The two boys listened carefully, but they were filled with even more uncertainty.
James glanced at his watch and started clearing the screen. "This is just a basic summary. There are still a lot of things to tell you guys, but we'll save it for another time."
Morales and Morgan nodded. They felt closer to the other four children now. "Thank you, everyone."
Seeing how obedient they were, the four children's hearts softened. "What do you want to do? We'll keep you company."
"Can you teach us to do what you did on the laptop?" Morales asked. He wanted to be like them so that he could find the information that he wanted to know.
Jack waved his hand offhandedly. "Of course." There was nothing to it.
It was James who turned serious. "You have to promise that you won't let your daddy find out about this though."
They did not want Hanson to know about this skill of theirs just yet.
Morales and Morgan's hands flew up into the air. "We won't tell anyone!"
James nodded. "Okay then."
Jacob piped up to remind them, "Mommy should be home soon."
She had been gone for nearly two hours, so regardless of how finicky a situation it was, it was more than enough time for her to settle it by now.
Jack checked the time and said, "We'll teach you tomorrow."
"Okay."
True enough, as soon as they spoke, Vania and Hanson came in through the door.
All six children swarmed over at once. When they saw the pleasant expressions on the grownups' faces, they could tell that everything turned out alright.
However, they spotted the exhaustion in Vania's eyes, so they began to push her upstairs. "Mommy, hurry up and go to bed."
Morales and Morgan also added, "You should rest, Miss Vania."
Vania blinked in confusion as she had no idea why the children were urging her to rest.
Hanson explained with a smile, "The word "tired" is written across your forehead."
"Ahh…" Vania chuckled and rubbed her face.
"In that case, darlings, you'll have to entertain yourselves for a bit while Mommy rests, okay?"
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