Too Late To Love Me I Already Left With His Twins (Lydia and Dave) novel Chapter 97

“Layer three”

I paused just enough

“Redirection”

A few of them leaned forward

Good

“Right now, all attention is on your failure”

“We give them something else to look at”

“Something stronger”

“Something louder”

I clicked

New campaign mockups filled the screen

Corporate social responsibility push

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“No it’s not”

Yes it is,” AvaTeplied calmly

“It’s just a test flight,” Eli argued

“It’s foundational,” Ava said

“It’s boring,” Eli added

“It’s historic,” Ava corrected

I leaned back slightly, watching them

“My kids are cool,” I said under my breath

We finished breakfast

I packed them up

Shoes

bags

final checks

“Let’s go,” I said

They both rushed out

Same energy every morning

The drive to school was… noise

Not bad noise

Just them

“You can’t call it boring,” Ava was saying

“I can,” Eli replied

“You’re wrong”

“I’m not”

He paused

“…define test”

“Eli”

“Okay okay”

Ava opened the door already

“Bye mom”

“Bye babies”

They stepped out

Walked in together

Talking again

Of course

I stayed there for a second longer than usual

Watching them

Just… making sure

Then I drove off

The drive to work was quieter

My mind tried to go back there

To him