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Hayden went back to his room to grab his laptop and handed it over to his mother.
“Get your Uncle Mike for me,” Avery said as she put the laptop aside.
Mike showed up soon after.
“I‘m surprised you invited me into your room, Avery!” Mike said as he sat down next to Avery and hid his nervousness behind a smile.
Avery looked at the bruises on his face, then said with a sullen expression, “Did you fight with Chad Rayner again? You even broke his glasses? Great job!”
Mike lifted his hands in surrender and said, “He was the one who yanked at my necklace first. It was a gift from my ex boyfriend…”
“Who is it, Elliot?” she asked on purpose.
She said it for Avery to hear. She wanted Avery to know that Elliot was out on a date with her.
If Avery had an ounce of dignity left, she would end the call immediately.
As expected, Avery suddenly became aware when she heard Zoe’s voice.
“I’m sorry for interrupting your date. I‘ll accept the gift, but I won‘t give you anything in return. Please don’t give me anything ever again.”
She then hung up the phone before Elliot could respond.
The sound of the call being ended made Elliot feel like his heart was pierced, and a dull ache radiated from it.
“I heard Avery locked herself in her car last night. Is she alright now?” Zoe asked.
“She‘s fine.” Elliot was disinterested and did not want to discuss Avery. “You mentioned there was a doctor you wanted to recommend. Who is it?”
Zoe pulled out a business card from her bag and handed it over to Elliot.
“I heard that this is Aryadelle‘s top psychiatrist. Her appointments are booked up until next year. I used my connections and managed to get you a slot for next Wednesday morning. You can take Shea to see her, then.”
Elliot glanced at the business card.
It was the same psychiatrist that their family doctor had recommended.
Over at the Starry River Villa, Avery came out from her shower and walked over to the children’
s room.
Layla was watching TV while Hayden was working on a jigsaw puzzle.
Avery had set their bedtime at 9 p.m., so they were free to do whatever they wanted before
that.
“Mommy,” Hayden called out when he noticed Avery and put his puzzle away.
Avery walked over to her son, sat down and asked gently, “Are you upset that I took your laptop away?”
Hayden nodded.
Life was not complete without his laptop.
However…
“I still love you all the same,” Hayden said as he looked earnestly at his mother.
Avery‘s heart melted instantly.
She pulled her son into her arms and sniffled, “I‘ll give it back to you after a while.”
“Okay,” Hayden said as his eyes softened. “Go to bed, Mommy. I‘ll tuck Layla in soon.”
“Okay.”
The room lights were turned off at 9 p.m. and the children lay in bed.
Layla’s gaze was fixed on the ceiling as her eyes filled with uneasiness.
“Hayden, I want to open up that box but I can‘t. Can you open it for me?” Layla asked as she reached out and gently shook her brother‘s arm.
“We‘ll open it tomorrow.”
“I really want to see what‘s inside right now. Do you think there‘ll be some beautiful jewelry inside?”
“No way,” Hayden said firmly.
Elliot Foster was a man.
Why would he keep jewelry in his study?
Layla shot up, suddenly refreshed.
“I won‘t go to sleep if you don‘t open it right now, Hayden,” Layla whined. “I won‘t sleep at all tonight… I‘ll just tire myself to death.”
Hearing his sister‘s gibberish made Hayden take a deep breath.
He sat up, turned on the bedside lamp and adjusted it to the lowest brightness.
Layla immediately leaped out of bed and pulled the box out from underneath the bed.
She handed the box over to her brother with both hands as if presenting him with a treasure.
“What if you can‘t open it either, Hayden?” Layla mumbled as she stared at the box.
Just as she said those words, Hayden easily opened up the box.
Layla was stunned, then asked excitedly, “What‘s inside?”
Hayden showed the open box to Layla.
It was not beautiful jewelry.
The light in Layla’s eyes instantly vanished.
“What is that?” she asked as she poured out the contents of the box.
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Hayden turned up the brightness of the bedside lamp.
The contents of the box were a CD and a piece of paper.
Layla opened up the piece of paper and stared at the words on it.
After inspecting it a few times, she cluelessly handed it over to Hayden and said, “What does it say, Hayden? I don‘t know how to read this.”
Hayden glanced at the piece of paper, then said indifferently, “I can’t read it either.”
After all, he was also just a preschool kid.
The words on the piece of paper looked like a foreign language to him, because it was filled with a bunch of professional jargon.
“What‘s this, then?” Layla asked as she picked up the CD and inspected it.
There were no pictures nor words on it.
Hayden also felt curious about the CD.
However, there was no way for him to check its contents without his laptop.
“Don‘t we need to put this in a computer to see what‘s inside, Hayden?” Layla asked, then something hit her. “We could borrow Uncle Mike‘s laptop!”
Hayden saw the spark in his sister‘s eyes as if she was eager for action.
“I‘ll go borrow it! Otherwise, Mommy would be mad at you again if she found out you were using a computer!” Layla said, then ran out of the room.
Hayden was worried that Layla wouldn‘t be able to carry the laptop herself, so he ran after her.
Mike did not go out to the bar that night.
With the bruises on his face, he would end up scaring everyone if he showed up at the bar.
When Hayden and Layla entered his room, Mike was in the middle of a video game.
“What are you two doing here? It‘s past nine. Why aren‘t you in bed?” Mike said as he glanced at the children, then shifted his gaze back to his computer screen.
Hayden and Layla stared at Mike’s computer screen.
They were not interested in his game at all, but they had their eyes on his computer.
“Uncle Mike, could we borrow your computer for a second?” Layla asked charmingly.