Olivia took Terry into the bathroom. “Terry, close your eyes. I’ll help you take off your jacket,” she said. He obediently closed his eyes again.
After she removed his jacket, she helped him wash his hair. It was not until she finished washing his hair that she asked, “The lime powder might have gotten into your clothes, too. Do you want to take a shower and change your clothes?”
Her words left him slightly taken aback. A bath? Wouldn’t that mean I have to strip naked in front of Godmother? Thus, he quickly shook his head.
She continued, ‘Don’t worry. If you’re feeling shy, I can go outside first.” Terry clutched at her with his small hands upon hearing that. Then, he stared at her unblinkingly with his large pitch-black eyes, looking like a puppy that was trying to please others. He was so adorable that she felt her heart melting at the sight.
“You should take a shower first, Godmother.” Crouching down, Olivia pinched his cheeks and thanked him. “Thank you for trying to stop me just now.”
He lowered his head, feeling secretly angry at himself. “But it was too late.” She asserted firmly, “Nevertheless, I am very happy to know about your kind intentions, Terry.”
He looked up at her. “You have been hit just. now. Does it hurt?” It took her a while to realize that he was asking about the incident of the tiny steel balls raining down on her just now. Oh, this child… He doesn’t like to talk much, but he is such a warm-hearted child inside. She shook her head. “It doesn’t hurt. Don’t worry.”
The two of them spent one hour cleaning themselves in the bathroom before they came out again. By this time, the mess outside had already been. cleaned up. Olivia changed into the jacket that Jewel bought for her. Only then did she take a closer look around at their home..
There were three bedrooms and two halls, but the furnishings were very simple. If not for the small pair of slippers by the door, as well as the three small toothbrushes and cups in the bathroom, she would never have known that this was the home of three children.
She looked at the three children standing opposite her and smiled. “I’m finally relieved now. It looks like most people won’t be able to harm you anymore.”
Carter replied, “That’s right. Don’t worry, Godmother. This will give us enough time to make a phone call and alert the bodyguards to come over.”
She glanced around at the traps everywhere and offered apologetically, “You have wasted these traps because of me. I’ll help you set them up again, just in case.”
He rejected her offer. “No need, Godmother. We won’t be able to set them up. We’ll just have somebody to come over tomorrow to set them up again.”
She nodded. “Okay. Let me know if you need something.” On the other hand, Blake looked at her in concern. “Godmother, should we call for a doctor?”
Olivia smiled. “No need. I’m fine. Besides, I’m at doctor myself. Make sure to save my number on your phone later. You can call me anytime if something comes up.”
Both Carter and Blake nodded and responded affirmatively. Meanwhile, Terry handed his phone over to her without another word. She took the phone from him and saved her number in his contacts.
She had saved her number under her name. When he noticed what she wrote, he secretly changed her name to ‘Mother’ instead. Afterward, Olivia and Jewel stayed for a while longer before they finally left to go home.
Although she felt as though she had not stayed with them for long enough, it was getting very late. In the end, she promised to meet them again in two days. On the way home, Jewel said enviously, “Olivia, you’re so blessed. I can’t believe you got three more sons at once.”
Olivia couldn’t help smiling at those words. She felt as though she was in a dream. If it weren’t for so many things that had happened tonight, she wouldn’t have believed it either.
“You should help me think about what kind of greeting gift I should prepare for them. I was. too shocked tonight, but I can’t always be out- performed by those three children.”
Jewel replied, “Every one of them can earn money on their own. Aside from a mother’s love, they don’t lack anything at all.”
