“Be a dear and just stay there, alright? I’ll get you a present tomorrow.”
“But I wanna go home.”
“Two presents!”
“But great-grandma has bought me a ton of presents, and I haven’t even opened them yet. I don’t want any more presents.” Jared was spoiled rotten. Presents could not interest him anymore.
Elliot was getting a headache. Jared was usually a smart boy, but he just had to act differently when it mattered most. Anastasia was holding her laugh back. She knew he was having trouble with Jared. “What would you like then? I’ll give you anything you want.” Elliot tried to get him to agree.
“I wanna sleep in the same room as you.”
Elliot looked back and saw Anastasia
laughing. I can handle this. He then asked, “Jared, do you want a sibling?”
“Yes, of course!” Jared said, delighted.
“Then you’ll have to stay with great grandma tonight, or I can take you to Nigel’s place, alright?”
“Sure! I wanna go to Uncle Nigel’s place!” Jared requested.
Elliot was delighted. Done. “I’ll get Nigel to pick you up then.” He hung up and called Nigel. This was probably the most proactive he had been in a while.
“Sup, Elliot?”
“I need you to pick Jared up from the residence later. He’ll be staying at your place.”
“I can’t. My flight is scheduled for three.” Nigel had something to do.
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