Chapter 909
With great effort, Mabel walked through the corridor toward the children‘s room. She had just placed her hand on the handle when the bedroom door was yanked open.
“ Mommy... Grandma? Why are you here?” Harold‘s face was filled with disappointment.
Mabel said softly, “Hal, be good. Your mommy and I have things to discuss. Something just between girls. Melody is a girl, too. Come, Mel, come see mommy with me.
Melody was all smiles. She lifted her skirt and ran over to her.
But Alden raised his hand to stop her. “Mommy said we can only leave the room if she personally came to get us.”
Melody immediately stopped in her tracks. She tilted her head and said, “That‘s right! Mommy has to call for me, then I can go.”
Mabel was almost unable to keep her smile.
“Your mommy told me to bring Melody. If we don‘t go now, Mommy will be mad.” Melody lowered her head and put the tips of her index fingers together. The last two times she saw her mommy, she seemed very different. Her voice had no warmth, and neither did her smile.
‘Mommy seems especially quick to anger now...‘
“Then, I‘ll go.” Melody turned around and waved at her three brothers.
“This is girls‘ talk Don‘t eavesdrop, you three!” Mabel released a breath she was holding. She took Melody by the hand and went down the corridor to the bedroom, and gently knocked on the door.
“Come in.”
A man‘s voice came from inside the room.
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