Carmen was extremely disappointed after she could not hear her father’s voice. After she chatted with Cooper for a bit, she hung up on the call, but still could not call Michael after testing with different settings.
Sophia knew that Cooper had changed the settings of the watch when Carmen was asleep. The only number that she could call now was his number.
Sophia quickly calmed her down. “Darling, you should sleep earlier. We can talk about it tomorrow.”
Tears flowed out of Carmen’s eyes instead. “But, I can’t sleep if I don’t talk to Daddy.”
Carmen was still saddened. “I want Daddy…”
Sophia’s eyes swam with tears as she took her phone. As she looked at the nickname that she set in her list of contacts—‘Carmen’s dad’—she did not have the courage to call him. However, Carmen was still sobbing next to her, making her feel that she should not be selfish.
She knew that it was cruel for Cooper to have separated Carmen and Michael.
After Michael brought Carmen home from Africa, the little girl was on the brink of death and often fell sick. He would accompany her in the hospital for the entire year as she was irreplaceable to him. How could he possibly accept the fact that they had to be separated?
Carmen has been close to her father since she was born. How could she not have him?
Hence, Sophia opened Messenger and found Michael—his profile picture was a photograph of her from three years ago, so it made it easier to spot him.
She sent a word. ‘Here?’
He instantly replied, ‘Yes.’
She quickly video-called him and passed the phone to Carmen, who wiped her tears away and looked at the phone. As soon as Michael appeared, she immediately smiled and greeted in her baby voice, “Daddy!”
Michael was in a bright room, looking rather busy.
After seeing the face that he was thinking about the entire day, he smiled and asked gently, “Baby, did you behave yourself today?”
Carmen replied, “Yes, I was obedient. I moved into a big house with Mommy. It’s very big! You have to come over to visit me soon!”
He said, “Sure. You are a good baby. Sleep soon, alright? I still have some work to do.”
She replied, “Goodnight, Daddy! I love you!”
Carmen gladly went to bed after chatting with her father. She tucked herself to sleep and said goodnight to Sophia for Michael. “Good night, missus.”
Sophia bent over to kiss her as she replied, “Goodnight to you too, baby.”
With that, she switched off the light but left the night lamp on. However, as she was not sleepy, she merely looked at Carmen.
It was already midnight in the research center. After Michael hung up, he looked at his phone and stared at the wallpaper he chose in a daze—it was a picture of the three of them.
They took the picture at the film studio—he was filming and Carmen was one of the extras at another set. In the afternoon, Sophia took her home for lunch. He donned a military outfit during the war period while Carmen wore a traditional outfit and Sophia had a loose T-shirt with a baseball cap. The three of them looked very different from each other.
Carmen tried her hardest to eat as Sophia fed her while Michael lowered his head to look at them with a mellow expression. Danny had perfectly captured the entire scene.
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