Brad licked his tiny lips. He still had the taste of cookies on his tongue. Then he said, "Mom, I'm hungry. I haven't eaten anything since noon."
Immediately, Eileen suggested, "You said days ago that you wanted to eat hamburgers. Shall we go to the burger shop?"
Brad touched his nose and asked, "Mom, can we bring dad with us? He doesn't have any money, and he's also been hungry for a long time."
"Your dad has a car. He can go back to his house and eat whatever he wants." Eileen answered.
Luke frowned, and his footsteps grew louder. Brad immediately understood his dad's signal. The little boy looked back at his dad.
"But I want to go eat with my dad, is that okay?"
Eileen didn't respond.
In her heart, she really didn't want to go with Luke.
"In the past, when mom and dad were still together, I never went to the restaurant with you two. Now that you guys are divorced, I'll have to go to the restaurant with you and Mr. Lyall or go to the restaurant alone with daddy..."
The little boy's childish voice came to an abrupt end. He did not go on.
He buried his little head low and kicked his feet around.
After a while, the little boy looked up. He let go of his mother's hand, walked to Luke, and said like a grown-up, "I'm not hungry anymore. Mom, you go on your date with M r. Lyall. I’ll go home with daddy. Daddy, let's go home."
The little boy's words were like a needle pricked in Eileen's heart.
Brad was blaming her, and he was distancing himself from her!
Luke's gaze swept over Eileen unobtrusively.
He was silent. He took Brad's hand and walked past Eileen.
His car was parked outside the police station, and Brad walked over to it and pulled the door open. Then he climbed into the front seat, and Luke also got into the car.
Luke started the car. Seeing Eileen standing still there, he was upset. He looked to Brad, "Your tricks don't seem to work."
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