Levant felt a huge weight was lifted off his shoulder.
Things would be great if Evan never existed at all and if I were the father of these kids.
With that thought in mind, Levant blurted out, “You guys will have a new Daddy soon.”
A new Daddy?
The kids rolled their eyes and pursed their lips in repulsion as soon as they heard him.
Nina turned around and snapped, “We don’t need a new Daddy!”
“Exactly! Evan Seet is the one and only Daddy we have!”
John was pleased with the kids’ reaction. I suppose Mr. Seet will be able to rest in peace now seeing how much the kids love him.
Levant stopped arguing with the kids. You kids have no say in this. It will be up to Nicole whether you kids are getting a new Daddy or not!
By the time he married Nicole, he would naturally become their new Daddy. There was nothing they could do but accept him.
When they reached the room Nicole stayed, Levant pointed at the European-style door and said, “Your mommy is inside.”
The kids made a dash toward the door like horses from free rein.
Juan and Kyle reached the door first and rapped on it.
Meanwhile, Nicole frowned when she heard someone knocking on the door. She stuck her sleepy head out from the blanket and wondered who was visiting her at that hour.
After some contemplation, she decided not to answer the door and let the person knock as long as he or she wanted. After all, everyone thought she was an idiot and no one expected idiots to know how to answer the door.
With that, she tucked herself back in and continued to slumber with ease.
“Why isn’t Mommy answering the door?”
“Has anything bad happened to Mommy?”
Juan and Kyle exchanged worried looks. Then, they raised one of their legs in unison and started kicking the door in an attempt to knock it open.
Nina, who just reached the door, joined in too.
“This door is too sturdy and we aren’t strong enough to make it budge. What should we do now?”
Just as Nina said that, Maya finally caught up with them, looking breathless.
“Guys, get out of my way. It’s time to use my undefeatable Maya Punch!”
Nina took a step back from Maya without hesitation, knowing how powerful Maya Punch could be. She had fallen victim to it several times before and it managed to cause her quite a severe back pain every time.
Kyle reminded Maya, “Your hands are gotta hurt a lot if you punch the door.”
“It’s fine. I don’t mind the pain.”
Maya grinned fearlessly as she started spinning her chubby arms at a rapid rate to gather momentum. Argh! Finally, she let out an exclaim before mustering all her strength into the punch she landed on the heavy door.
Bang! She immediately felt a dull pain in her tiny but fleshy fist.
She was dumbfounded as she did not expect it to be so painful. Tears started welling up in her round, huge eyes at that instant.
In three seconds, she burst into tears and cried out loud miserably.
“Maya, does that hurt?”
While beads of tears were streaming down Maya’s face, Nina immediately approached her and wiped the tears from her face.
In between sobs, Maya complained, “That door is too hard and thick! Punching it hurts much more than punching you!”
Nina sighed, “I’m your sister, but the door isn’t. So, of course the door isn’t going to treat you as nice as how I treat you.”
Maya nodded her head vigorously while crying.
The commotion prompted Nicole to stick her head out from her blanket again, looking puzzled. Why can I hear the sound of my kids crying somewhere?
Am I hearing things?
Is the sound traveling all the way from home to here?
That certainly sounds too real to be just my imagination!
Within a second, she sat bolt upright and held her breath so that she could listen to the sound more carefully. She could tell it was Maya who was crying and the sound seemed to be coming from the door.
Immediately, she got out of bed and sprinted toward the door. Just as she was about to open it, she heard Sheila’s voice as she was trying to pacify Maya.
Also, she heard the voices of Levant and John too.
The kids are really here, but why?
Nicole was unsure of what to do at that moment.
How would a dimwit react to the sight of her kids?
After some contemplation to make sure she did not blow her cover, she opened the door. The moment she laid her eyes upon her kids, she felt a throbbing pain in her heart and a lump growing in her throat.
She quickly put on a blank look as she sized the kids up confusedly as though they were strangers to her.
Maya and Nina shouted “Mommy” before running toward her and clinging onto her thighs.
Grinning goofily, Nicole lifted them up like two bags of rice and walked back inside.
How come Mommy is strong enough to carry us both?
What is Mommy going to do to us?
