Chapter 1656 Why Isn''t Daddy Back Yet (Part Three)
"Okay. I know. Huey is teasing you. It''s just a joke. Don''t take it to heart, okay?" Annie said to console
her daughter when she saw that the little one became quite sad.
"It''s not a joke," Huey said tly. Boys were boys, they always tended to make fun of their sisters at
home. However, if anyone outside dared to bully their sisters, they would spare no effort to defend
them. Such was the strange but precious phenomenon of sibling love.
"Huey!" Annie snapped with a straight face. It was only when Annie showed anger that her son knew
that he should be nice to his sister.
"Okay. I know. Mommy always favors Joyce over me. Hmph!" As soon as he finished his words, Huey
instantly turned around and rushed upstairs, the sound of his running feet hitting the hardwood quite
heavily. He was indeed hurt by his mother''s scolding tone.
"Mommy, is Huey crying?" Joyce asked with concern as droplets of tears started to pool and wet her
longshes.
"Don''t worry. He''s alright. He is a boy, and boys don''t easily cry." Despite saying so, Annie was still a
little worried. After she had calmed Joyce down, she walked upstairs.
Annie turned to his bedroom door and turned the knob gently. She poked her head inside and saw her
son sitting on the windowsill, his eyes turned up to the sky as he watched the clouds quietly. Annie
knew that when he acted like this, he really was very upset.
"Huey, what are you looking at?" It seemed that living with a single mom made the poor boy get easily
sentimental.
"Mommy, do you remember? You said that Daddy wille back in winter. But it is the second winter
since you said that. Why isn''t Daddy back yet?" During the day when he was at nursery school, his
ssmates once again told stories and boasted about how wonderful their dads were. However, dad
was only a name to Huey, and the concept of having a father was actually quite distant to him.
"Daddy is at a ce that is very far from us. He wille back but it takes more time because it''s too
far away." Since the kids were two years old, they had been asking about their dad. When Annie was
faced with these questions she really didn''t know how to exin the situation to two very young
children who had yet to understandplicated things, except for telling them that their father took a
trip to a very far ce.
"You are lying. You said exactly the same thingst year." Huey turned his head to Annie and replied
back, sadness evident on his face.
"Huey, do you really wish that your dad coulde back soon?" Annie felt her heart bleed in excess to
see her son so depressed. However, their father had his own family and child now, and she didn''t want
to disturb his life.
"Doesn''t mommy also hope so?" Huey cocked his head to one side and looked at her curiously.
"I…" Annie lowered her eyes and bit her lip at the question. This was not a matter that could be solved
simply by wishing it would be.
"Mommy, tell me the truth, Is it because dad has abandoned us? Don''t worry, if that''s the case, I will not
be sad." Huey was such a considerate and understanding boy, a quality that was beyond his age.
"No, your daddy will never abandon you." In Annie''s eyes, if Rain knew the existence of the kids, he
would never turn a blind eye to them. He was not that ruthless. From the beginning to the end, the only
person he didn''t want might be her, not the kids.
"But why doesn''t he evere back? Why aren''t there even any calls from him?" Huey didn''t notice
that Annie actually said ''you'', not ''us'' in her reply. That meant she didn''t consider herself as someone
important to the kids'' father. Still, Huey was only a little boy, but he tried his best toe around the
situation.
"Can we talk about it some other day? Mommy is a little tired today." For the moment, Annie really
didn''t know how to answer Huey''s questions, so she made an excuse to evade her son''s pressing
curiosity about his father.
"Okay, mommy. You may go to have a good shower." Huey wiped the tears on his face with the sleeve
of his shirt, and went back to gazing at the window. He focused his big eyes on the starry sky in the
night, as if something there interested him a lot. The little glittering dots stared back at him.
"Okay. Be good, my little boy!" Annie leaned down and gently kissed his forehead. She walked out of
the room and shut the door to go to her own bedroom.
Pieces of memories shed briefly in Annie''s mind as she opened the door to her room. The sight of
Rain looking dejected before she boarded the ne wrenched at her heart. She told herself over and
over again not to think about him, and to get rid of him from her world. However, she couldn''t make it.
As long as there was something connected to Rain, she couldn''t help but pay attention to and brood
over it.
When she reached her bathroom, Annie turned on the tap and filled the tub with warm water. She then
added a packet of Epsom salt and a bath bomb to help her rx. When she deemed it enough, she
removed her clothes and submerged her body into the water. The warmth of the bath made her feel
relieved from all the troubling things that day as she enjoyed it in afortable silence.
A whole lifetime was too much of a stretch, and she didn''t know how long she could hold on and how
long she could hide all this from her children. It stressed her out so she just decided to go ahead with
the flow and deal with whatever that would happen along the way. She had no other choice now
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The sky in S City was filled with thick, greyish cumulus clouds that made the atmosphere quite cold this
year. It was probably due to the weather, or it simply varied from person to person. However for Rain, it
had never been too cold for his liking.