Chapter 577
And it turned out she’d been right to bet on it.
After that, she didn’t send Franklin any more messages.
Cavier and his sister had plans with friends, so the moment Christmas Eve dinner was done, they were out the door.
sabella wanted to go out too. She hadn’t really figured out where, but then after dinner she caught a glimpse of the TV, streets packed with parents and kids out valking around, lights everywhere, the whole city buzzing. Her eyes lit up instantly.
It’s so much more fun out there during the holidays than normal. I don’t think I’ve ever gone out with both Mom and Dad for the holidays before. I want to go valking around!”
he first few years after the wedding, Franklin had barely been present for either of them, always overseas during the holidays. By the time he actually started aying attention to Isabella, he’d take her out during the holidays but never Maggie. Just the two of them.
o when Isabella said she’d never gone out with both of them together for the holidays, she wasn’t wrong.
faggie was still turning that over in her head when she heard Franklin say, “Sure.”
he looked up and found him already looking at her.
sabella tugged on her hand. “Mom?”
faggie pushed the thought aside. “Sure.”
he three of them headed out not long after.
he pedestrian street was alive with holiday energy, exactly as loud and crowded as it looked on TV. Isabella wanted every street snack she spotted, had to have very weirdly shaped balloon she saw, and kept running over to peek at groups of people singing and eating and drinking together. The smile on her face didn’t uit for a single second.
o keep her from bolting off somewhere, Franklin stuck close. When Isabella darted ahead without waiting, he reached over and gave her cheek a little pinch. hen looked back at Maggie, who was still catching up. “Don’t run so fast. You’re leaving your mom behind.”
Okay, okay, my bad.”
abella fell back into line without a fuss.
he stopped in front of a candy figure stall and decided she absolutely needed one, but only if it was Batman.
he woman running the stall looked up and saw Franklin, then Maggie coming up behind him, and did a double take. She laughed and leaned toward habits Sweetie, are those your mom and dad? They make such a good looking couple.”
sabella had snacks in both hands.
the nodded. “Yeah, that’s my mom and dad”
The woman smiled. Like something out of a movie. Lucky girl
Maggie and Franklin both smiled back and left it at that
The streets were parked, and fireworks kept going off overhead Franklin ked an eye on Isabella while also keeping
reach out and loosely steer her by the shoulder when the crowd pressed in
Maggie didn’t read into it. She just thanked him politely each time and moved on
After they’d been walking for a while, Isabella stopped dead in front of a lantern stall, bounced on her bests, and tall Franklin she wanted a rabbit
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hen she turned to Maggie. “Mom, Dad got me one of these last year! I showed you, remember?”
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