Matteo came to his senses and smiled at his mother.
"It's no big deal.A cartoon episode's just ended.The bad guys always causing trouble, yet he's not punished for it.It makes me so mad."
The little boy deliberately put on an angry expression.
Amora laughed when she heard that.
"It's okay, Matt.The bad guy will be punished eventually.You can find out what happens next when you watch the cartoon tomorrow.Alright now, let's set the table and get ready for dinner."
"Sure, Mommy.’’ Matteo then went to set the table with his sister.
At last, dinner was served.
Amora had prepared the kids' favorites homemade roll, fish and chips, and omelet, to name a few.
Although there wasn't much food, all of them were made with love.
The minute Matteo sat down and picked up his cutlery, his thoughts drifted to that message, which he replied just a moment ago.
Has lan tasted any of these before? He felt unhappy again.
Buzz...
Buzz...
"Hello.Who's this?"
Amora was not there to see Matteo's reaction this time as she was still in the kitchen cleaning up and serving spaghetti for her kids.
It was at that moment when her mobile phone suddenly rang.
"Hi, Amora! It's me, Lucy.Are you free tonight? Your uncle isn't feeling so well.If you have time, can you come over and have a look at him? I think your acupuncture worked on him last time."
Lucy had called.
According to her, Jackson had fallen ill again.
It was a chilly evening.
With his physical condition, falling ill was quite expected.
Amora peeked at the time on her wristwatch and agreed, "Alright, I'll come over after dinner.’’
Lucy was happy to hear that.
"That's wonderful.In that case, why don't I go over to your place? I can babysit the kids.It's getting late now, so it's not advisable to leave them alone at home.What do you think?"
"Sure, that'll be great."
Amora accepted Lucy's offer.
She then hung up the phone and quickly served the spaghetti on a large plate.
"Matt, Vivi, I need to head over to your great-aunt's house for a bit.Your great-uncle's gotten sick again.I'm going to take a look at him.You two stay at home.Aunt Lucy will be coming over later, is that okay?"
"Okay, Mommy."
Vivian, who had already begun to devour the food, quickly responded with childlike innocence.
Matteo had no issue with the arrangement as well.
If Mommy's going to great-aunt's house, then it's not me who's stopping her from going to Frontier Bay.
If lan asks about it later, I can tell him that it has nothing to do with me.
As the boy pondered the current situation, relief washed over him.
Gazing at the stairs leading to the upper level, where only silence greeted him, he proceeded to climb up the steps, one at a time.
"lan? Open the door.It's Daddy!"
The door to lan's room on the second floor was shut tight as expected.
After Kane got up there, he repeated what he did the last time by trying to use his fingerprints to enter the room.
Clearly, lan had not forgotten about it, for the door was locked from the inside.
What's up with this kid today? Don't tell me Amora's bothering him again.
Kane was already exhausted after a day's work and had no time for this.
His knitted eyebrows added a hint of menace to his grim expression.
"lan, open the door this instant! If you don't, I'm going to be very angry! And you know what happens when I'm angry! There'll be serious consequences!"
The room remained silent.
Eventually, after he waited outside the boy's room for about two minutes, a click sound came from inside the room; lan had unlocked the door.
With that, Kane gave the door a push.
He wanted to have a proper heart-to-heart with his son to find out what had happened to him.
"lan?"
"Why don't you ever keep your promises?"
The kid, who stood in the middle of the room, was still in the same set of clothes he had worn during the day.
The only difference was the expression on his face.
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