“Mommy! I want Mommy!” Maya was still crying.
“Daddy, why are you marrying her?” Juan questioned angrily.
Both Davin and Sheila stayed standing silently at the side.
They did not say anything because what the children were doing was good enough. We need to hear what he has to say.
Susan stood at the side with her clenched fists hidden as she looked at the children.
She approached Maya, trying to wipe her tears away, but the young girl gave her a “Maya Punch” in response. Maya did not want the woman to go near her.
Susan could only look to Evan for help.
Quietly, the man got down to comfort Maya. She was hugging his thigh and crying for her father to go home.
“Okay. Daddy will bring you back to the hotel first.”
Evan felt awful seeing Maya crying her lungs out. He picked her up and walked straight towards the entrance.
Susan stared at Evan’s back as he left. Tears formed in her eyes as she secretly clenched her fists in anger.
It doesn’t matter right now. The wedding’s done. The whole world knows that I’m Mrs. Seet now.
“Evan!” Susan called out affectionately and chased after him.
When they got to the hotel, Evan found himself surrounded by the children.
Davin and Sheila also demanded answers from him.
“Evan, why are you marrying Susan? I know she saved you back then, but you’ve been helping her a lot since then. I know it’s not enough, but you didn’t have to go and marry her!”
“Yeah. Didn’t you think about how Ms. Lane would feel?”
Sheila rolled her eyes. She knew Davin was an asshole, but she would never have thought Evan would pull such a ridiculous stunt like this.
Evan stayed quiet solemnly.
John let out a shaky breath. “Mr. Davin, you probably don’t know this, but Susan wanted nothing else but for Mr. Evan to marry her.”
Davin was speechless. What the actual f*ck!
Sheila was the same. Isn’t this literally emotional blackmail?
The grudge they held against Evan immediately changed into sympathy for him.
While the two adults went silent, the four kids kept their eyes on their father.
“Daddy, you left Mommy, but we can’t leave her. We want to be with Mommy.”
“Yes. Let’s go find Mommy so we can be with her.”
“You’re not allowed to do that!” Evan suddenly erupted from his silence. His voice shook everyone there.
Davin was not having it. “Evan, you’re being incredibly unreasonable. Who on earth separates the children from their mother?”
“Yeah. They should have the right to choose who they want to be with.”
Davin and Sheila were strangely in sync that day. They did not argue, nor they did have any disagreements. It was as if they were a married couple.
They looked at each other, but before Davin could say anything, Sheila turned her head away.
John let out a sigh on the side. He understood what Evan was thinking.
He’s afraid the kids would be a bother to Nicole. He wants her to live a happy life free from her past.
The children were staring at their father with rage-filled eyes.
“Daddy’s changed,” Juan whispered to Nina. “He’s not the Daddy we used to know.”
“Yea, Daddy is a meanie!”
Kyle was extremely disappointed in Evan. How did Daddy become like this? He’s even stopping us from meeting Mommy.
Maya curled up in Sheila’s arms as she whispered, “Daddy is a big meanie.” She proceeded to draw a big circle with her hands and told Sheila, “Like this big!”
Despite their harsh comments, Evan simply asked John to look after the kids. He then left without saying anything else.
John looked at the children; each and every one of them had so much written on their faces. He felt troubled.
What has Mr. Seet gotten me into?
Half an hour passed as the children gathered together to discuss the most important thing at the moment – meeting their mother.
Daddy married someone else, so Mommy must be sad. We should go to her and comfort her.
