Chapter 61


    Chapter 61 – The Unexpected Visitor (Anj‘s POV) “Did the world fall on you, Anj?” Anya asked when I


    came to the dining room. I sat quietly, forcing a smile as I picked up the cup of coffee and watched Dn


    sit on the head seat across from me. This has been our usual seating arrangement since I returned to


    Aunt Rose‘s house.


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    “Mommy, look,” Leyanne said excitedly. “Uncle Dn made us shaped pancakes,” she propped her


    elbows on the table and picked up the heart–shaped pancake. “Mine is the moon,” Selene said, wanting


    to tell her that the pancake‘s normal shape is a circle. Dn pressed his lips, suppressing a smile. How


    he made her believe it was a moon rather than a circle is impressive to me. Lyra Helene only giggled, so


    I assumed we were thinking the same thing, but I caught a glimpse of the star–shaped pancake she was


    eating.


    “Uncle Dn is trying to impress the girls,” Anya chimed in, picking up her cup and sipping her coffee as


    she nced at Dn. “Mommy, Uncle Dn is asking what your n for tomorrow is,” Leyanne looked


    at me, waiting for my answer. I looked at the ceiling, pretending to think when I hadid the ns for


    tomorrow and theing days. “Why?” I put my cup down on the saucer, asking her. “Uncle Dn said


    he wants to bring us to the amusement park if we‘re free,” my daughter answered. I nced at Dn,


    waiting for my answer. “Tell Uncle Dn Sister Grace is expecting us toe tomorrow, and it‘s Mrs.


    Antta‘s eighty–sixth birthday, and she‘s hoping to see you,


    girls.”


    Dn groaned, shaking his head as he chuckled when I reminded him of tomorrow‘s event. He hissed


    and looked at me. “I forgot,” he mouthed, making Anya raise her eyebrows.


    My eyebrows raised when I looked at him. “Why? Why ask my girls when you can ask me?” I twitched


    my lips, hoping to smile at him, but I felt like the sky had really fallen on me.


    “How about dinner? Would you like to go out and have dinner with me?” It was so direct that when he


    asked me, I could only open my mouth, wanting to glower at him, but he met my eyes, gazing at me


    lovingly and adoringly, not minding whether Anya or the kids were there. Suddenly, I didn‘t know what


    to answer.


    It was silent in the room for a few seconds, but Leyanne broke that silence when she turned her


    head to Dn. “Just mommy?” She blinked her eyes twice before turning to look at me. Dn smiled,


    tousling her hair as he answered. “Of course, it‘s dinner with you girls,” he reached for her face and


    wiped the corner of her mouth. “Girls? Does it include me, Uncle Dn?” teased Anya, mimicking the


    girls‘ voice and batting her eyshes at him, but he sneered at her. “What?” She chuckled. “You said


    girls.”


    “Yeah, right,” Lyra Helene smiled charmingly at him. “But it‘ll be fun if we go to the amusement park.”


    Dn nodded, getting a good idea from her. “Why don‘t we go to the amusement park and then have


    dinner?” He flickered his eyes at me, looking happy at the idea when my children‘s faces lit like twinkling


    stars in the sky. “How about on Monday?”


    “Mommy?” They all called me with hope as their eyes danced with excitement.


    I raised my eyebrows, pursed my lips, and stayed quiet for a while. “As long as Aunt Anya will be with us,


    it‘s fine with me.”


    “Yes!” Anya said excitedly, sticking her tongue out to him. She rose to her feet, ced her te on the


    sink, and walked behind him, stopping as she rested her head on his shoulder.” Next time, tell me ahead


    of time about your ns of dating my cousin. I‘ll probably volunteer to babysit these princesses.” She


    straightened up and tapped his shoulder before turning her back on him.


    I rose to my feet, not bothering to eat breakfast.


    “Aren‘t you going to eat?” Dn asked worriedly, looking at my empty te. “I‘m full,” I said, not looking


    at him as I faced the bedroom‘s direction. “FULL...” I overheard Leyanne spelling it out to her sister. My


    brain has a different of spelling the word to me. “I‘m a fool,” I sighed deeply. “FOOL!” I said to myself,


    climbing up the bed, curling my body as I covered myself with the blue quilt.


    ***


    The ssroom was quiet for almost an hour as my students took their final exam, but as soon as they


    were done, they could not help smiling and admiring the three girls at the back, looking exactly alike, not


    just in their faces, hairstyle, but also in clothing and shoes,


    Along with my students, they also lined up, with their exam papers, with different exam content, of


    course.


    “Can I copy your answer in number one?” Abner, one of my students, joked with Leyanne, and he


    pressed his lips when she looked at her paper and leaned her head toward him when he bent forward


    “Icosagon,” she whispered.


    “Huh?” He raised his eyebrows, peeking at her answer. “What‘s that?”


    “A twenty–sided polygon,” she exined to him and then made one step forward toward me. “You


    shouldn‘t ask for my answer, Mister. It‘s cheating.”


    This time, my students in the lineughed, and Abner, smiling at her, showed his exam paper, “You‘re


    right. Ms. Perry is so smart not to give us the same question paper,” He shook his head, handing me his


    paper. “I thought my exam was difficult, but hers?” he clucked his tongue. “Geez! I don’t even know what


    icosagon is.”


    Leyanne agreed, nodding her head as she gave me her paper. “Yeah, Mister. Your test is difficult, too.


    Why does mommy have to give you choices?” She copied him, clucking her tongue but waved her hands


    to him as he said goodbye to them.


    “Gosh, Ms. Perry, your kids are adorable,” Another student said, giving me her paper. My daughters sat


    back on the chair in front and talked to some of my students as they waited until all students submitted


    their exams.


    “I‘ll just put these papers on Mommy‘s table, and then we‘ll go to Sister Grace, okay?” I told them, hoping


    they forgot about Sky‘s offer to cook for them.


    As we walked toward the faculty room, the girls were chatting about the geographical figures they


    thought were difficult. It was actually all difficult because I learned them only when I was eight. “Good


    morning, girls!” Looking like she had a ss, Kat greeted them but grabbed my arm before I could open


    the door. “Just a warning, Anj. You have a very handsome visitor.” My forehead creased, thinking of Sky


    coming early and watching my children as they excitedly pushed the door to see their father. But as soon


    as I stepped inside, like my daughters, I halted and was surprised to see the man I was not hoping to


    meet today.


    “Good morning, Ms. Perry,” Finn rose to his feet, curving his lips with a sweet smile and handing me a


    bouquet of peach roses. As if he was handing me a sword instead of beautiful roses, my three


    daughters stepped back, bumping into me, and the three of them snuggled closer to me. “Finn, what are


    you doing here?” It was the same question I had in mind, but before I could say the words, someone


    standing behind me had already asked him. I didn‘t need to know who it was because as soon as the


    girls looked back, they ran to him. “Daddy!” they all cried, surprising Finn. “Sky?” Finn asked, looking at


    me and then the girls. “Daddy?”