Meeting Tabitha’s eyes, Debbie fell into a daze.


    ‘Is Tabitha telling me to calm Carlos down?’ she wondered. As if aware of what she was thinking,


    Tabitha nodded. Receiving the hint, Debbie took a deep breath and grabbed Carlos’ hand.


    “He’s naughty, but it’s not our ce to discipline him. Isn’t his mom on the way? Why don’t we leave it


    to her? Besides, if she sees her son thrown out of the vi and crying in the snow alone, she will feel


    ufortable,” she told her husband.


    Carlos was nonchnt.


    “I don’t give a damn how she will feel. If she sucks at parenting, then she doesn’t have the right to


    me others for doing the job for her!” Ufortable? Mess with his wife again and he would hang


    her son flogged on a tree.


    See how she would feel then!


    For a few minutes, Jake had been crying outside. But it was hard for


    Debbie to leave the kid in the austere weather anymore. Ignoring


    Carlos’ caveat, she opened the gate to the vi and walked over to the little boy, whose nose was red


    from the biting cold.


    Heaving a sigh, she squatted to whisper in the boy’s ear, “Jake, I’UL take you inside, but you have to


    promise me to stop crying, okay?”


    To Debbie’s surprise, the imp pushed her hard without a word. Caught off guard, she slumped on the


    cold, snowy ground.


    “You ungrateful, spoiled brat!” Debbie roared, boiling with rage as


    Carlos stepped forward to help her to her feet. The grim look on his face as he helped her up was


    enough to stop the boy crying.


    When everyone thought that was it, Carlos released Debbie, clutched the boy and spanked him so


    hard that his palm hurt.


    The kid burst out crying again. This time he was so loud you’d fear he was going to have a seizure.


    Scared out of wits, Megan dashed over and intervened by pulling Carlos aside. Standing between him


    and the kid, she implored, “Uncle Carlos,


    Jake’s mom is stuck in a traffic jam, but she should be here in about an hour. Can I get him out of here,


    please?”


    “No, you can’t!” Carlos growled coldly.


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    “If you are worried about him, you can stay here and wait with him!”


    Never had Carlos been so angry at Megan. Today, he had easily snapped at her time and again that


    she wondered what was wrong with him.


    Looking back, she recalled how just the other day he had also embarrassed her by standing her up at


    the party. She had been taunted by so many people. At the mere thought of it, anger consumed her


    eyes


    But there was not much she could do, considering he held power over her. In disappointment, her


    mouth opened and closed involuntarily, as if she was going to say something but words failed her


    By now, the boy had cried so much that he was panting for breath. With a ferocious eye, Carlos looked


    at him and demanded, “Shut the hell up and apologize to my wife!”


    A terrified Jake scampered for cover behind Megan, at his cold, menacing roar.


    Irritated by the little brat’s impenitence once again, Carlos pulled him out and roared, “I’ll say this one


    more time. Apologize to my wife!”