Chapter 21


    The kindergarten was just in sight, the rain outside had lightened up, and the road conditions had


    improved a lot Emmett gradually slowed down his car


    Emmett asked, “Where’s the kid’s father?”


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    “Huh?”


    The question caught ra by surprise she was at a loss for words.


    “I mean, why is the kid with you? Why cant his father pick him up?”


    Emmett nced at her noticing her rigid expression, and decided to rephrase his question in a gentler


    way.


    “Hera was a bit evasive her voice slightly heavy “He hes passed away


    ra made up an excuse. She couldn’t tell Emmett that she had no idea who the child’s father was


    She didn’t want to arouse suspicion about herself or Alex. She could bear everything, but the child was


    innocent


    Emmett responded, “Did he really pass away or are you hiding something?”


    ra sand Really really he’s gone!”


    “apologize for bringing up your pain”


    Emmett apologized softly, and ra answered awkwardly. “It’s okay


    It was okay After all, she was making it up! The child’s father to her, was as good as dead anyway!


    The car stopped at the kindergarten gate Emmett got out of the car with her


    ra panicked and quickly stepped in front of Emmett, “Mr Melendez, it’s gettingte. You should go


    back I can go in myself”


    She saw that Emmett seemed to want to go in with her, which made her a bit nervous


    Apart from her two closest friends, she didn’t want anyone to see Alex She worried that Emmett might


    know the rtives of that man. If so, she could lose everything


    “it’s still raining”


    Emmett furrowed his brows with sympathy in his eyes. He felt that after he had asked about her and


    her child’s situation, he should give them a nde home.


    “Oh! It’s okay, my son loves rainy days. After I pick him up, we can take a walk around. He especially


    loves sshing in puddles


    ra came up with another excuse with a smile


    “You don’t have an umbre“”


    “I do, seeing the cloudy weather this morning, I brought an umbre for my son. It’s enough for both of


    us. Mr. Melendez, you should go back to your family”


    Seeing that Emmett had moved forward a few steps, ra quickly stepped in front of him with a smile.


    Emmett stared at her, didn’t say anything but felt suspicious about what she had just said and did.


    Ding ding–


    He was about to say something else but his phone suddenly rang in his pocket. He checked the


    message and put the phone back in his pocket, saying, “I have some things to deal with, you go ahead.


    Take this


    umbre


    Emmett handed his umbre to ra, then turned around and got back in the car. Clearly, he didn’t


    completely believe ra’s im that she had an umbre“.


    ra watched Emmett’s retreating figure, her facial expression still a bit stiff


    So, was her lie just found out? Was her lie really that awful?