Leaving The Country After Divorce novel (Roxanne and Lucian) novel Chapter 185

Chapter 185

Before she even knew it, the surgery had already gone on for over seven hours.

By then, all the other kids in the kindergarten had already left, and only three kids remained.

Estella had moved out of their house, but Archie and Benny still treated her the same way they did when she was staying with them.

The boys noticed that no one was there to pick Estella up, so they took her to the sandbox. All three of them then built a sandcastle together and were having so much fun.

When Lucian showed up, he saw the three kids crouching in the sandbox. Their laughter filled the small playground in the kindergarten.

“Essie,” said Lucian, who waited until all three had finished playing before he called out to his daughter.

However, Estella was reluctant to leave as she stared at her two friends, even though her dad had already called out to her.

Lucian frowned and turned his attention to Archie and Benny. “Where‘s your mom?”

The boys didn‘t like him, but they still stood up politely.

Reluctant to answer Lucian‘s questions, Archie pouted and turned his head to the side to stare at the tiny sandcastle they had built earlier.

Benny, on the other hand, had an innocent look on his face. He answered, “Mommy has an important surgery to perform today. She is probably dealing with something troublesome, and that is why she‘s not here yet.”

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and saw the look on Archie‘s face. That prompted Benny to quickly add, “But, uh, she should be here soon. Bye, Mr. Farwell. Bye, Essie.”

Nodding, Lucian reached out to hold Estella‘s hand and leave but to no

avail,

Estella had tilted her head down and backed away a few steps. At that moment, she was standing behind Archie and Benny, shaking her head at her father.

The boys realized that Estella refused to leave, so they turned around to coo her.

But no matter how hard they tried to convince her to go home, Estella stubbornly shook her head. She even clutched onto their bags and insisted, “Stay together.”

Estella had been rather harsh to Lucian ever since he took her away from Roxanne‘s place. The kid would cry endlessly at every trivial matter, and that made Lucian raise his white flag. At that point, he no longer dared to force her to do things she didn‘t want to. Hence, he had no choice but to give in by nodding and saying, “I‘ll wait here with you boys.”