"Didn't know that breaching privacy’s a trend now!" Jazz clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction. At the very next moment, he heard the sound of a car engine starting, and he smacked his lap. "My Lexus!”
After some time, there was an announcement reminding the passengers that they will start punching the tickets. Summer got onto the train while holding Charlotte's hand in one hand, and pushing the wheelchair with another.
There weren’t many seat choices while Summer was purchasing the tickets, so she was forced to buy three tickets with separate seating numbers. Fortunately, Charlotte was sitting next to a man who was traveling alone. Summer asked him for a swap of seats, to which he agreed. Consequently, their seats were not far from Dean’s. They were only separated by a few rows of passengers so it was really convenient.
Leaning her head on the window, Charlotte played with the kite in her hands. "Mommy, are we not going t o see uncle anymore?"
"I thought you hated him. Didn't you call him a bad guy too?" Summer withdrew her gaze and looked down to her.
"I really hated him at the start. He would shout at me,
scare me, and threaten me with Kaka. He didn’t even let me call you!"
Charlotte talked with her small mouth. She remembered every detail about his misdeeds.
"But he would still feed me, teach me to play with Kaka, sleep with me at night, and give me kites -mommy, I'm starting to miss him now!"
Surprised, Summer stroked Charlotte's hair gently as she started thinking to herself. 'Maybe blood really is thicker than water.'
'Was it too much to leave with Charlotte so abruptly without even telling him?'
Putting their past affairs aside, Mark was still Charlotte's biological father. He also gave up his custody to Summer. Looking at these reasons, she should've at least informed him.
Even if they became strangers and have no contact with each other anymore, he still had the right to know about Charlotte's whereabouts.
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