the Kennedy Residence.
Before even entering the house, I heard the sounds of Clarie and Deborah playing.
"Clarie, what's keeping you up so late?"
"Mom!"
As soon as she heard my voice, Clarie came rushing over.
"Look, Mommy, this wooden horse is not cute!" Clarie held up the toy in her hand with an extra sweet smile.
"Clara, you have a good daughter, so many expensive toys do not like, but a small wooden horse as a treasure." Deborah got up and joked.
I led Clarie to the couch and sat down, and only then did I take a closer look at the wooden horse in my hand.
Honestly, compared to other toys at home, this thing is neither delicate nor novel, and the production process is very rough, really do not know where the fun.
"O Clarie, this Trojan horse, where did it come from?" I asked.
"Mr. Alton from school gave it to me." Clarie said milky-voiced.
"Mr. Alton? Which Mr. Alton?"
"It's our teacher!" Clarie exclaimed, "Mr. Alton even complimented me on my intelligence in class!"
Seeing Clarie so happy, I couldn't help but smile too. It seems that this school suits Clarie very well.
Leo was standing on the stairs at this point in his house pajamas calling to her, "Clarie, say goodbye to mom and go upstairs to bed with your uncle."
"Oh! Here we go! Good night mommy!" Clarie gave me a kiss on the cheek and ran towards Leo.
Deborah looked at the little one, full of envy, "Leo will be a good father in the future."
"That's only if you give him that chance." I said.
Deborah looked down and suddenly stopped talking.
I was about to open up to her when the nurse, probably knowing from Leo that I was back, came with a tray and medication for my injection.
I forgot about Leo and Deborah after a round of tossing and turning.
......
The following day.
To make up for my neglect of Clarie during this time, I got up early and took her to school myself.
As the car pulled up to the curb in front of the school, Clarie pointed at a man's back from a distance and shouted, "Mr. Alton!" Mom, look, there's Mr. Alton!
Follow her finger, from my direction can only see the man's back, and imagined 50 or 60 years old and knowledgeable male teachers, this Mr. Alton's back looks very young.
As soon as the car door opened, Clarie couldn't wait to get out and run to Mr. Alton.
I thought that as a parent I should naturally be decent, so I looked in the mirror to fix my makeup before going down.
In less than two minutes, when I went down, the one guarding Clarie suddenly became a female teacher.
I was a little baffled, but went over and said hello to the female teacher.
Clarie pouted her lips in aggravation, "Mom, you should have been faster, Mr. Alton is gone!"
The female teacher and I laughed at each other, each crying and laughing.
"Clarie's mother don't misunderstand, Mr. Alton is the backbone of our school's younger generation, there is a lot going on, no, just now was called away by the principal, but there is no intention to avoid you." The female teacher explained.
"It's okay, there's always a chance to see him. Clarie likes Mr. Alton and is adjusting to school very quickly, I have him to thank for that, why would I blame him."
But the more she did, the sadder I looked.
Dennis is right, Folly is proud, she saw through Lindsey and Zack's relationship after the quick cut, to preserve their dignity, she does not want to reveal the truth behind the failure of marriage despicable, will all this blame on personality differences, after all, so strong people, how will allow themselves to lose to others.
Even now I still remember Folly's words of warning, "If I meet, the other side will just wait for the rest of their lives without peace!"
Perhaps at that time, she already sensed that her marriage would not last long.
Seeing that I did not speak, Folly directly forked the topic, "that Mr. Alton I found someone to check ah, nothing wrong, City P people, these years are teaching in Clarie's school, young and long a good face, so especially liked by children."
"Well, thanks." I nodded, unable to smile.
Folly suddenly let go of her hand, the spoon and the cup clinked together, making a sound if nothing, "Don't be like this OK, you're divorced, now sisters to accompany you, you should be happy, from now on, we sisters rely on each other, let them men to hell!"
Speaking of this, I am also embarrassed to pretend to go on, simply confess with Folly.
Folly was surprisingly quiet after listening, just looking at me with a strange look.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" I was a little uncomfortable by her look and said sheepishly.
"It's nothing." Folly withdrew her eyes, picked up the coffee on the table and took a sip, seemingly not surprised at all.
"That's it?" I was nonplussed, "Don't you have anything to ask me?"
"What's the point of asking," Folly moved her coffee away from me and met me at eye level, "you guys are tangled up day in and day out, even if you do get divorced, sooner or later you'll have to get back together, no difference."
"Heh, heh, you've got a poisonous eye."
"It's you guys, oh no, it's you who's a bad actor."
That's enough! Enough of you!
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