She was really angry.
She was just a child though, so she didn't stay angry for very long, and she accepted the call.
"Why are you video calling me?" Layla asked Hayden angrily. "I thought you were trying to ignore me! Why don’t you just ignore me for the rest of your life?"
Hayden tried to explain to Layla, "I just transferred here, and I'm rather busy. And mom..."
"What about mom? She doesn’t want me, does she? She doesn't accept my phone calls either! I'm so angry at the both of you! " Layla was making quite a commotion, which was heard by Elliot.
Elliot was taking Layla and Robert out shopping today.
Before the summer holidays, Layla's school organized a party.
Elliot had brought Layla out to buy some new clothes and gifts for her friends.
Hayden swallowed his words when he saw Elliot appear in the video call.
"That's not true. I did tell you that I would call you when I had some free time." Hayden didn't want to explain any further." Go shopping with your dad."
Hayden hung up the call.
Layla looked at Elliot. "My brother said that he wasn't ignoring me on purpose."
"What about your mom? Did you see your mom?" Layla hung her head when Elliot asked her this question.
She did not see her mom and had not heard her mom's explanation.
"Layla, I did think of sending you back to your mom, but your mom was rather clear on the matter. If she regrets her decision and wants to take you back in the future, I won't give her the chance anymore." Elliot told his daughter patiently. "Dad will take good care of you."
"Why should I believe you if my mother doesn't? My mom doesn't want me, and my brother is just indifferent. If I had to choose, I wouldn't pick either of you." Layla turned to Robert. "If it weren't for Robert, I would've gone directly to Uncle Eric."
Elliot almost forgot about Eric!
"Layla, you can go there during the holidays, but you have to live with me on ordinary days," Elliot told her seriously. Layla took Robert's hand and walked away without answering Elliot.
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