"W—Why is Xante's phone w—w—with you?"
Corinne felt a headache coming on. "I'll repeat my question. When did that happen?"
Sunny did not know how to answer her. He was even more afraid of answering her when he remembered Xante's warning—he was not to breathe a word of what happened between them to Corinne.
"Oh, Lucas is telling me to do my homework! Talk to you later!" He ended the call swiftly.
Corinne took a deep breath after hearing the dial tone.
Having another problem on her hands was far from ideal. It was bad enough that Aaron got involved with Jeremy's niece. Even Xante hooked up with one of the Riveras.
'It's one thing after another…' Corinne lamented.
Early the next morning, Corinne brought Joey downstairs for breakfast as usual. Having taught the boy to eat with a spoon the day before, he had since picked up the necessary ability and did not even need to be fed at all.
While Corinne was eating some oats, Greg—who never liked her very much and rarely showed any concern for her—said, "Don't just eat oats. Have some eggs and sausages too. You need the protein!"
Corinne pursed her lips, smiled, and responded curtly and politely.
She was not touched by his words at all. On the contrary, she felt that every single show of concern from the Holdens was for the developing fetus in her stomach!
After breakfast, Francine brought Joey to play while Corinne spoke with Pamela.
Greg went to his study after breakfast, leaving only Pamela inside the room.
"It most certainly does!" Pamela said. "Is there any place in particular that you'd like to go to, Corinne?"
Corinne sighed and said, "I'm bored at home, so I'd like to go out for a walk. How about we feed the pigeons at the public park? Will that be alright?"
Pamela took Corinne's hand and said, "Of course! You don't have to ask me for permission. You just need to tell me where you want to go!"
Corinne smiled wryly. "If that's truly the case, there won't be so many bodyguards guarding me at the door."
"Umm, well..." Pamela hesitated.
Corinne finally said, "Well, it's set then, Grandma. Let's go for that walk tomorrow morning then. I just checked the weather forecast, and it's the perfect weather for a walk tomorrow!"
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