Salute To The General (Nathan Cross) novel Chapter 68

Nathan went for a shower after spending some time with his family.

As he stepped out of the bathroom, his parents-in-law already went to bed.

Penny was also coaxing their daughter to sleep in the bedroom.

However, the young one refused to sleep and threw a tantrum. She asked for her father constantly and insisted on sleeping together on the same bed.

As Nathan entered the room, Penny pouted her lips and told her daughter, "Alright, Papa is here now. You can go and sleep together in his room."

However, the young girl shook her head and exclaimed, "No, I want to sleep with both Papa and Mama!”

Nathan burst into laughter while Penny's face flushed red. She told her daughter, “Papa and Mama cannot sleep together." "But I asked my friends at kindergarten.

They'd said that their Papa's and Mama's would sleep together. They'd even said that only those who are fighting with each other will sleep separately." Her daughter spoke indignantly.

Both Penny and Nathan broke out into a cold sweat upon their daughter's words.Did children who would attend kindergarten know so much nowadays?

After saying her piece, she narrowed her eyes and looked at her parents suspiciously, "Papa, Mama, are you two fighting?"

Penny quickly assured her, "Of course not. Papa and Mama are fine."

The young girl looked at them in doubt. Biting her lips, she started to speculate, "Then why don't you two sleep together? Are you two getting a divorce?”

Nathan's forehead broke out in sweat while Penny did not know whether to laugh or cry at her daughter's question.

Gently, she assured her,

"You little one, what you are thinking of? Papa and Mama are not getting a divorce. Why would we do that?"

Her daughter pouted and wailed, "But that's how it happens on TV! Papa and Mama will sleep in different rooms when they argue, and then they will get a divorce..."

Penny warned her, annoyed, "You are grounded from watching TV for a week!"

Normally, when Penny punished her daughter like this, the latter would pout as though she was wronged.

However, this time, not only did she not do that, she begged Nathan and Penny pitifully, "Papa, Mama. I will not watch TV anymore. I won't ask for ice cream anymore too! I will do my homework on time and sleep early. I will also help Grandma with the dishes and household chores. Please don't get a divorce? I don't want to be an orphan..."