“We’ll let Robbie decide,” suggested Jamie, who was smart to hand the task to Robbie.
“How about this? From now on, we will each get one hour of his time at night. Is that okay, Uncle Zack?” asked Robbie, after considering the matter. He was being serious when he divided the time equally among them.
Zachary could feel cold sweat running down his back. He felt like his entire life had just been taken over.
He thought about how he had to work with the nerds at the office during the day and now he had to rush home after that to accompany his wife and kids.
Is this how my life is going to be from now on?
“No, that won’t do,” interrupted Charlotte immediately to help Zachary out, “Uncle Zack is busy with work, and he doesn’t have that much time to spend with you guys.”
“Then, can we have half an hour each?” asked Robbie while staring eagerly at Zachary, “Can we, Uncle Zack?”
“Robbie…”
“Yeah, that’s fine,” said Zachary suddenly while nodding, “We’ll set it for every night from eight to nine-thirty. Everyone gets half an hour.”
“Yay!”
The three kids cheered together and high-fived each other. It was as if they had just gotten an especially precious item and could share it among themselves.
After that, they talked about who would get the first shift, the second shift, and the third shift.
In the end, they decided to go in accordance with their age. Robbie would go first, then Jamie, then Ellie.
The three of them were talking away when Fifi suddenly flew over and flapped its wings. It called out excitedly, “Fifi goes fourth. Fifi goes fourth.”
Yep, even the bird wanted to share Zachary.
Charlotte had been watching from the side, and she couldn’t help laughing aloud. Her crisp laughter filled the entire living room.
“You’re so mean for laughing. You actually left me for dead,” complained Zachary before reaching out to pinch her cheek. He was tempted to bite her for that.
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