NovelEnglishAvery wanted to explain herself to Layla, but she could not find the appropriate excuse.
Layla was no longer a three-year-old toddler and lies would not fool her.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Layla, | was sick and the doctor toldto stay off my phone. That's why | had to wait until | recovered to call you," she said, answering with a half-truth. "It's not that bad, and I'm much better now. | wanted to go back to Aryadelle to see you and your brother, but your dad won't letsee you." "Boo-hoo! That dirtbag Daddy! If he won't let you see us, we will go to you!" Layla scowled fiercely. "I'm not afraid of him!" "Layla, your studies are the most important thing right now. You can cto Bridgedale during your winter break, okay? " said Avery, comforting her. "I will tell Hayden or Uncle Eric to pick you up. Either will work. You need to focus on school right now. Robert is too young, and you can’t travel overseas with him. Let's discuss this again during your winter break, okay?" Layla wiped away her tears. "Okay, Mommy. Will you video-callevery day, then? If not every day, at least callevery two days?" Avery thought about it and said, "You can callwhen you have the time. | will keep my phone on from now on." "You don’t want Daddy to see us?" "Yeah. | don't want to argue with him," Avery explained. "You and your brother are still living with him so | want no conflict with him." "What can | do, Mommy?" Layla desperately wanted to do something to improve their situation.
"You just need to stay healthy, focus on your studies, and get along with your brother. That is enough." Avery knew that Layla wanted to leave Elliot and cto her, but that could not be arranged at the moment.
Layla pouted gloomily for a while, before asking, "Mommy, would you like to see Robert?" Without hesitation, Avery said, "Yes. | miss him, too." "Wait!" Layla got out of bed in a hurry and rushed to her brother's room.
Robert was still sleeping and Layla had to crawl into his bed to point the camera at him.
"Look, Mommy, he is still sleeping." Layla adjusted the angle of his face to face the camera. "Look at him, don’t you think he's gotten bigger, too?" Avery beamed at the sight of Robert's chubby cheeks. "Let your brother sleep, Layla. You should get up ;e%;QLR? get ready for school, too." "Mommy, | don't want to hang up," Layla whined.
Avery, too, did not want to end the call, but her eyes were beginning to swell after staring at the screen for a while.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmShe could not look at her phone any longer.
"My stomach hurts so | need to go to the bathroom now." She made up an excuse and hung up.
After the call, Mike opened the door to her room.
He had heard everything she had said to Layla.
"l just called Layla," she confessed as he walked in. "I couldn't help myself after reading her diary..." "It's okay. I'm just worried about your eyes." Mike could empathize with her need to call Layla. If he was the one having issues with his eyes, he would have lost patience long ago and started playing with his phone.
"My eyes are a little swollen, so I'm just going to rest." "Go to sleep, then! | just cto check on you. That's all." Mike stood by the door and said, "By the call, Elliot just gavea call. | don't know where he heard this but he knows that we've hired a nurse. He calledto ask why you needed a nurse. | told him off." Avery froze.
"Is it bad that | scolded him?" Mike scratched his head. "I just couldn't help it! He is working actively to destroy your company, all while pretending to care about you. I've never seen such a hypocrite before!"
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